monolith
noun /ˈmɒnəlɪθ/
/ˈmɑːnəlɪθ/
- a large single vertical block of stone, especially one that was shaped into a column by people living in ancient times, and that may have had some religious meaning
(尤指古人凿成、表示某种宗教意义的)单块巨石,独石柱 - (often disapproving) a single, very large organization that is very slow to change and not interested in individual people
(少有变化,不关心个人的)单一庞大的组织
词源mid 19th cent.: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos ‘single’ + lithos ‘stone’.