石頭本身
這是字面的用法，也是其他用法借畫面的地方。
noun · B2
A single very large block of stone standing on its own, either shaped by nature or cut, moved and set up by people — often in ancient times, and often for religious reasons.
巨石；獨石柱
核心畫面
One block of stone. Not built, not joined, not stacked — cut whole and standing whole. Big, plain, silent, and impossible to push over. Every use of monolith keeps one of those two things: made of one piece, or refusing to move.
可以想成一整塊石頭：不是堆的，也不是拼的，就是一塊，立在那裡推不動。monolith 的每個用法都留住其中一件事——…更多收起
可以想成一整塊石頭：不是堆的，也不是拼的，就是一塊，立在那裡推不動。monolith 的每個用法都留住其中一件事——要嘛是「一整塊、沒有接縫」，要嘛是「怎麼推都不動」。From the word’s history
From Greek monolithos, mono- 'single' plus lithos 'stone', through Latin monolithus and French monolithe. The name is the picture: one stone.
來自希臘文 μονόλιθος：mono-（單一）加上 lithos（石頭），經拉丁文 monolithus 和法文 monolithe 進入英文。名字本身就是那個畫面——一塊石頭。
Wiktionary extract supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:325737879), monolith (noun): French monolithe / Latin monolithus < Ancient Greek μονόλιθος < μονο- + λίθος.
Three branches
像石頭一樣的龐然大物
把石頭的兩個性質搬到組織上：推不動，而且沒有臉、不理裡面的人。
noun · C1
A large, powerful organization or system that seems to be one solid block: it changes very slowly, it looks the same all the way through, and it does not listen to the people it affects.
龐然大物；鐵板一塊
弄成一整塊（專業用法）
這一組回到「一整塊、一整根」這個實際的形狀，只是換成混凝土和樹幹。
noun · C2
In tree care, a dead tree that has been cut back to its bare trunk and left standing, so that insects, birds and fungi can go on living in it.
留幹枯木