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

• Why are you sitting on the elephant's nose?
  你怎么坐到大象的鼻子上来了？
• I mean right this elephant.
  我说的就是这头大象了。
• Above him, in a niche on the wall, sat a tiny veiled Ganesh, the elephant god
  在他上方墙上的壁龛里安放着一尊极小的蒙面象头神伽内什的塑像。
• 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。
• It's a baby elephant.
  这是一个象宝宝。
• The elephant is huge.
  这头象很大。
• The largest existing land animal is the elephant.
  大象是现有最大的陆地动物。
• The bull elephant is attacking us.
  这头公象正要攻击我们。
• 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。
• Their quarry were rhinoceros, elephant, and leopard.
  他们的猎物有犀牛、大象和豹子。