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

• An elephant has a short tail and short legs.
  大象有短尾巴和短腿。
• 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。
• 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 bull elephant is attacking us.
  这头公象正要攻击我们。
• The largest existing land animal is the elephant.
  大象是现有最大的陆地动物。
• An elephant, a tiger, a monkey, a dog, and a cat are animals.
  大象、老虎、猴子、狗和猫都是动物。
• The elephant is huge.
  这头象很大。
• Which is heavier, an elephant or a horse?
  大象和马哪个重？
• 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。