elephant是什么意思 elephant在线中文翻译

elephant['elifәnt]

汉语翻译

n. 象

英语解释

名词 elephant:

1. five-toed pachyderm
2. the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

例句

1. The elephant smashed through the trees.大象在树林中横冲直撞。
2. How many tons does this elephant weigh?这头大象重多少吨？
3. The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.这只母象比小象重一百倍。
4. The elephant grinds its food with/between its powerful molars.象用其强有力的臼齿嚼碎食物。
5. A mammoth is a large hairy type of elephant in ancient times.猛犸是古代一种身体庞大、长着长毛的大象。
6. He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。
7. The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the water.大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入水里。
8. The elephant is the largest four-footed animal in the world.大象是世界上最大的四足动物。

详细解释

el.e.phant
n.（名词）Either of two very large herbivorous mammals,Elephas maximus of south-central Asia or Loxodonta africana of Africa, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long, curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large, fan-shaped ears. 象：两种巨大的食草哺乳动物，中南亚的象属 或者非洲的 非洲象属 中的一种，皮肤坚厚，无毛，长有一条长的柔韧的可以卷曲的鼻子，上颚二门齿发展为长而弯的象牙。非洲象属有巨大的扇形状的耳朵 Any of various extinct or living animals related to either of these two animals.象属动物：任何一种绝种的或尚存在的与上述两种动物中一种有关的动物
来源：Middle English elefaunt 中古英语 elefaunt from Old French olifant 源自 古法语 olifant from Vulgar Latin *olifantus 源自 俗拉丁语 *olifantus from Latin elephantus 源自 拉丁语 elephantus from Greek elephas elephant- 源自 希腊语 elephas elephant-