monolithyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[monolith 词源字典]
monolith: see lithograph
[monolith etymology, monolith origin, 英语词源]
monolith (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"column consisting of a single large block of stone," 1848, from French monolithe (16c.), from Latin monolithus (adj.) "consisting of a single stone," from Greek monolithos "made of one stone," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + lithos "stone." Transferred and figurative use is from 1934.