elephantine
英 [ˌel.ɪˈfæn.taɪn]
美 [ˌel.əˈfæn.taɪn]
记住“elephantine”的方法是联想其与“elephant”(大象)有关,因为“elephantine”在词源上与“elephant”相关,指的是像大象那样的大或巨大。可以这样记忆:“elephantine”就像一个大象般的东西,意味着非常大。
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- 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. His legs were elephantine.
- 他的腿很粗壮。
- 2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
- 这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.