elephantine
英 [el?'f?nta?n]
- adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的
GRE
英文詞源
- elephantine (adj.)
- 1620s, "huge," from Latin elephantinus "pertaining to the elephant," from elephantus (see elephant). Meaning "pertaining to elephants" is from 1670s. Earlier adjective was elephantic (1590s).
雙語例句
- 1. His legs were elephantine.
- 他的腿很粗壯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
- 這些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在傳達(dá)信息。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Their daughter is quite plump but their son is positively elephantine.
- 他們的女兒很胖;可是兒子呢,簡(jiǎn)直像大象.
來自辭典例句
- 4. These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye.
- 這些笨拙的古怪作品好象在傳達(dá)著一個(gè)信息, 即每個(gè)藝術(shù)家都有著個(gè)性化的眼睛.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. India's current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.
- 印度現(xiàn)在的執(zhí)政者, 至少應(yīng)該明白這點(diǎn):就是應(yīng)該像一個(gè)管象人一樣管理這個(gè)大象似的國(guó)家.
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