elephantine的意思|示意
adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的
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elephantine的用法详解
英语单词elephantine的用法讲解
Elephantine是一个形容词，源自拉丁语elephantus，用来描述事物像大象一样庞大，重要且不易忽视。它在日常英语中一般用来形容巨大的体积或规模，有时也可以用来比喻某种负担或影响。
例句：
1. The company has an elephantine advertising budget.
这家公司拥有庞大的广告预算。
2. The new regulations placed an elephantine burden on the small businesses.
新规定给小企业带来了沉重的负担。
3. We were shocked by the elephantine expense of the renovation project.
我们对装修项目的巨大费用感到震惊。
elephantine相关短语
1、 Elephantine Island 大象岛,艾勒芬蒂尼岛,象岛
2、 elephantine task 累赘的任务
3、 elephantine E 庞大的,笨拙的
4、 Elephantine Papyri 象岛纸莎草纸文献
5、 Queen Elephantine 表演者
6、 elephantine humor 笨拙的幽默
7、 elephantine humour 拙劣的幽默
8、 elephantine movements 迟钝的行动
elephantine相关例句
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.
期刊摘选
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.
辞典例句
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.
期刊摘选
These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。
辞典例句
His legs were elephantine.
他的腿很粗壮。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
His legs were elephantine.
他的腿很粗壮。
柯林斯例句