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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- elephant ['εlɪfənt]
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noun
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大象
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noun
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大象
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- elephant ['εlɪfənt]
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either of the two proboscidean mammals of the family Elephantidae. The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger species, with large flapping ears and a less humped back than the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), of S and SE Asia
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n
[chiefly Brit]
a size of writing paper, 23 by 28 inches
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[Etymology]
C13: from Latin elephantus, from Greek elephas elephant, ivory, of uncertain origin
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either of the two proboscidean mammals of the family Elephantidae. The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger species, with large flapping ears and a less humped back than the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), of S and SE Asia
Examples
- Asian (或Indian) elephant
- 亚洲(或印度)象(Elephas maximus) → elephant
- African elephant
- 非洲象(Loxodonta africana) → elephant
- They hunted huge creatures like the mastodon, which were similar to the modern elephant.
- 他们的捕食对象都是些庞然大物，比如跟现在的大象体型相似的乳齿象。
- The elephant is the national symbol of Thailand.
- 大象是泰国的象征。 → elephant
- an elephant
- 一只大象 → a
- a bull elephant → bull
- a rogue elephant → rogue
- a solitary elephant → solitary
- 公象
- male (or bull) elephant → 公
- 猎获一头幼象
- trap a young elephant → 猎获
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