elephantine

• adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的

英文词源

elephantine (adj.)

1620s, "huge," from Latin elephantinus "pertaining to the elephant," from elephantus (see elephant). Meaning "pertaining to elephants" is from 1670s. Earlier adjective was elephantic (1590s).

双语例句

1. His legs were elephantine.

他的腿很粗壮。

来自柯林斯例句

2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.

这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。

来自辞典例句

3. 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.

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4. 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.

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5. 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.

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