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elephantine 英文词源
- 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).
elephantine 英文释义
- 1. of great mass; huge and bulky;
- "a jumbo jet"
- "jumbo shrimp"
elephantine 双语例句
- 1. His legs were elephantine.
- 他的腿很粗壮。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
- 这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Their daughter is quite plump but their son is positively elephantine.
- 他们的女儿很胖;可是儿子呢,简直像大象.
来自辞典例句
- 4. These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye.
- 这些笨拙的古怪作品好象在传达着一个信息, 即每个艺术家都有着个性化的眼睛.
来自互联网
- 5. India's current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.
- 印度现在的执政者, 至少应该明白这点:就是应该像一个管象人一样管理这个大象似的国家.
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elephantine 实用场景例句
- ...elephantine clumsiness...
- 因块头大而造成的笨拙
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His legs were elephantine.
- 他的腿很粗壮。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye.
- 这些笨拙的古怪作品好象在传达着一个信息, 即每个艺术家都有着个性化的眼睛.
期刊摘选
- Their daughter is quite plump but their son is positively elephantine.
- 他们的女儿很胖;可是儿子呢,简直像大象.
辞典例句
- India's current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.
- 印度现在的执政者, 至少应该明白这点:就是应该像一个管象人一样管理这个大象似的国家.
期刊摘选
- These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
- 这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。
辞典例句
- His legs were elephantine.
- 他的腿很粗壮。
柯林斯例句
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