elephantine
adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的
adj.
象的；巨大的；笨拙的；沉重的
英英释义
elephantine[ ,eli'fæntain, -tin ]
adj.of great mass; huge and bulky
同义词：gargantuangiantjumbo
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
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。
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。
权威例句
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An elephantine split
Elephantine Gift Stirs Museum Debate
Organization theory: An elephantine problem
Olfactory adventures of elephantine pheromones
Olfactory adventures of elephantine pheromones.
Stadt und Tempel von Elephantine - 25./26./27. Grabungsbericht
Die Dekoration des Chnumtempels auf Elephantine durch Nektanebos II.
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).
1. 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.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. An island of southeast Egypt in the Nile River below the First Cataract.In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt.The Elephantine papyruses, dating from the fifth century b.c, were discovered here in1903.
埃勒分蒂尼埃及东南部的一个岛，位于尼罗河上，在第一大瀑布下。古代为保卫埃及南部边疆的军事要塞。1903年在该处发现公元前5世纪前埃的勒分蒂尼纸莎草文件
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
3. elephantine task
累赘的任务
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
4. A more apt elephantine expression is found in Swahili: when two elephants fight it is the grass that gets hurt.
一个更贴切的，对巨大的表达在班图语里是：当两头大象打架的时候，受伤的是草皮。
-- 来源 -- ecocn.org
5. Their daughter be quite plump but their son be positively elephantine
他们的女儿很胖; 可是儿子呢, 简直像大象
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考
6. elephantine movements
迟钝的行动
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. elephantine humour
拙劣的幽默
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. Her ears are elephantine, her heart is immeasurable, and she is an inordinately wise woman, but she falls down on the mollusc requirement.
她总是耐心地听着，我记不得有多少次就这样通宵达旦。她善于倾听别人说话，心胸无限宽广，聪明出众，但还不符合守口如瓶的标准。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
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