elephant

英 [ˈelɪfənt]

美 [ˈelɪfənt]

n.  象

复数：elephants　

中考高考CET4CET6考研

Collins.2 / BNC.4323 / COCA.4355

牛津词典

noun

• 象
  a very large animal with thick grey skin, large ears, two curved outer teeth called tusks and a long nose called a trunk . There are two types of elephant , the African and the Asian.
  1. herds of elephants/elephant herds
     象群
  2. a baby elephant
     幼象

柯林斯词典

• See also:white elephant

英英释义

noun

• five-toed pachyderm
• the symbol of the Republican Party

双语例句

• He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
  他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。
• I had an elephant recently.
  我最近有了一头大象。
• The first blind man happened to place his hand on the elephant's side.
  第一个盲人碰巧把手摸到大象的肚子上。
• I mean right this elephant.
  我说的就是这头大象了。
• When they saw the elephant blowing the mouth organ, the children squealed with laughter.
  看见大象吹口琴，孩子们这个乐啊！
• Jim: That's disgraceful. It's not like you can eat elephant meat.
  吉姆：真是可耻！这不是说你可以吃大象肉了。
• Both elephant mommy and babies have long nose.
  大象妈妈和宝宝都有长鼻子。
• I felt like I was dating elephant man.
  我觉得自己像是和大象人约会。
• The elephant was still breathing, so we knew it was still alive.
  那头大象仍在呼吸，所以我们知道它仍然活着。
• Why are you sitting on the elephant's nose?
  你怎么坐到大象的鼻子上来了？