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elephant

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  • n.

    象,大象;

  • 变形

    复数:elephants

    双语释义

    n.(名词)
    1. [C]象,大象 largest four-footed animal now living, with two curved ivory tusks, thick skin, and a long trunk

    英英释义

    elephant[ 'elifənt ]

    • n.
      • five-toed pachyderm
      • the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
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    词汇搭配

    用作名词 (n.)
    动词+~
    • kill elephant捕杀大象
    • protect elephant保护大象
    • rain elephants and whales下倾盆大雨
    • see the elephant〈美俚〉见世面,开眼界,获得经验
    形容词+~
    • African elephant非洲象
    • female elephant雌象
    • male elephant雄象
    • rogue elephant野象
    • white elephant白象,无用而累赘的东西
    • wild elephant野象
    • young elephant幼象
    名词+~
    • trick elephant会演把戏的象
    介词+~
    • a herd of elephants一群象

    词组短语

    white elephant白象,灰色象(在印度、东南亚被视为神圣之物);无价值的东西

    elephant seal n. 象海豹;海象

    african elephant非洲象

    elephant trunk象鼻管;溜管

    双语例句

    用作名词(n.)
    1. The elephant smashed through the trees.
      大象在树林中横冲直撞。
    2. He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
      他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。
    3. Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant.
      简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱。

    权威例句

    Sketches of an Elephant: A Topos Theory Compendium
    Uterine fibroids: the elephant in the room.
    Sketches of an Elephant: A Topos Theory Compendium - Volume 1
    Deciding when to forget in the Elephant file system
    The elephant in uremia: oxidant stress as a unifying concept of cardiovascular disease in uremia.
    Cytonuclear genomic dissociation in African elephant species.
    Hadoop++: making a yellow elephant run like a cheetah (without it even noticing)
    Don't think of an elephant! : know your values and frame the debate : the essential guide for progressives
    Stalking the perfect measure of implicit self-esteem: the blind men and the elephant revisited?
    Core affect, prototypical emotional episodes, and other things called emotion: dissecting the elephant