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？
• The elephant lowered its great bulk.
  大象蹲下了它那庞大的身躯。
• Goofy and the elephant are in the jungle.
  高飞和大象在丛林中。
• I like all kinds of animals: leopard, lion, pandas, elephant, monkey and camel.
  我喜欢各种各样的动物。豹，狮子，熊猫，大象，猴子和骆驼。
• 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。
• The children looked up in wonder at the big elephant.
  孩子们惊奇地昂首看那只大象。
• I see the mother elephant.
  我看见母象了。
• The largest existing land animal is the elephant.
  大象是现有最大的陆地动物。
• 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 mean right this elephant.
  我说的就是这头大象了。