| 英语单词 | elephant |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['elɪfənt] 美 ['elɪfənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.大象；庞大笨拙难处理的事物 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The elephant smashed through the trees. (2) He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger. (3) Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 大象在树林中横冲直撞。 (2) 他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。 (3) 简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱。 |
| vocabulary简明 | An elephant is an enormous, four-footed animal with big ears and a long trunk. Unless you've been to certain parts of Asia or Africa, you've probably only seen elephants in zoos and wildlife parks. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Elephants are the largest animals that live on land. They are spectacular animals, with curved ivory tusks on either side of a trunk that they use for grasping objects, vocalizing, and sucking up water to drink. Elephants are plant eaters that live in tight-knit groups led by females and have a lifespan of around 45 years. The Greek root of elephant is elephas, which means both "elephant" and "ivory." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:white elephant ；象 An elephant is a very large animal with a long, flexible nose called a trunk, which it uses to pick up things. Elephants live in India and Africa. |
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