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elephant

美 [ˈelɪfənt]英 [ˈelɪfənt]
  • n.大象;象

复数: elephants

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noun


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.

herds of elephants/elephant herds

象群

a baby elephant

幼象

see also white elephant

elephant

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    An elephant is a very large animal with a long, flexible nose called a trunk, which it uses to pick up things. Elephants live in India and Africa.

    See also:white elephant

noun

1
five-toed pachyderm
2
the symbol of the Republican Party;introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

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  1. A small boy rode on the elephant 's back .

    一个小男孩骑在大象背上。

  2. The elephant smashed its way through the trees .

    大象横冲直撞,闯过树丛。

  3. The new office block has become an expensive white elephant .

    这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。

  4. They placed the African elephant on their endangered list .

    他们把非洲大象列为濒危动物。

  5. The kids had a ride on an elephant at the zoo .

    在动物园里,孩子们骑着大象走了一圈。

  6. The African elephant is in a desperate plight .

    非洲象正面临绝境。

  7. A family of elephants lumbered by .

    一群大象迈着缓慢而沉重的步子从旁边经过。

  8. The elephant flapped its ears .

    大象拍打着双耳。

  9. The pavilion has become a £ 4 million steel and glass white elephant .

    这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。

  10. We can only hope that the elephants can recover .

    我们唯有希望这些大象能够康复。

  11. His tour de force is an elephant sculpture .

    他的精心之作是一件大象雕塑。

  12. He thinks he can find a way to vaccinate the elephants from a safe distance .

    他认为自己能找到一种从安全距离给大象接种疫苗的方法。

  13. Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it .

    象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。

  14. The elephants trumpeted and stamped their feet at their approach .

    当他们靠近时,大象又吼又跺脚。

  15. Fossil hunters have unearthed the bones of an elephant believed to be 500,000 years old .

    化石搜集者们发掘出了一具大象骨骼,据信距今已有50万年。

  16. Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River .

    在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。

  17. 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。

  18. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole .

    一群大象缓慢而笨拙地穿过平原,朝水潭走去。

  19. It 's a very emotional issue . How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants ?

    这是个很容易激起公愤的话题。你怎么能够鼓吹贩卖象牙?

  20. To save remaining herds and habitat , the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants .

    为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地,国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。

  21. 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。

  22. The sixth blind man went forward to feel the elephant .

    第六个瞎子走上前去摸大象。

  23. The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the river .

    大象把它那笨重的身躯浸入河中。

  24. These elephants are native to Africa .

    这些大象原产于非洲。

  25. His job is to tame elephants .

    他的工作是驯象。

  26. The children looked up in wonder at the big elephant .

    孩子们惊奇地昂首看那只大象。

  27. The largest existing land animal is the elephant .

    大象是现有最大的陆地动物。

  28. 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。

  29. 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。

  30. We saw baby elephants drinking from the stream .

    我们看见小象在溪边喝水。