Elephant
['elɪf(ə)nt] or ['ɛlɪfənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) five-toed pachyderm.
(noun.) the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
阿奇校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.
(n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
錄入:弗农
解釋/意思:
n. the largest quadruped having a very thick skin a trunk and two ivory tusks: a special size of paper.—ns. Elephan′tiac one affected with elephantiasis; Elephantī′asis a disease chiefly of tropical climates consisting of an overgrowth of the skin and connective tissue of the parts affected with occasional attacks of inflammation resembling erysipelas.—adjs. Elephant′ine pertaining to an elephant: like an elephant: very large or ungainly; Elephant′oid elephant-like.—ns. El′ephant-seal the largest of the seals the male measuring about 20 feet in length; El′ephant's-foot a plant of which the root-stock forms a large fleshy mass resembling an elephant's foot used as food by the Hottentots; El′ephant-shrew name applied to a number of long-nosed long-legged Insectivora natives of Africa and notable for their agile jumping over loose sand.—A white elephant a gift which occasions the recipient more trouble than it is worth—a white elephant being a common gift of the kings of Siam to a courtier they wished to ruin.
手打:雷切尔
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of riding an elephant, denotes that you will possess wealth of the most solid character, and honors which you will wear with dignity. You will rule absolutely in all lines of your business affairs and your word will be law in the home. To see many elephants, denotes tremendous prosperity. One lone elephant, signifies you will live in a small but solid way. To dream of feeding one, denotes that you will elevate yourself in your community by your kindness to those occupying places below you.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- She persisted until she finally conquered the elephant's prejudices, and now they are inseparable friends. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- On the march you saw her at the head of the regiment seated on a royal elephant, a noble sight. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He was miraculously conceived through his mother dreaming of a beautiful white elephant! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And if I catch an elephant? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I am stopping at the Elephant, she continued. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- What shall we say, sir, for the elephant? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Portrait of a gentleman on an elephant. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The boon companion of the colossal elephant was a common cat! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Old Tantor, the elephant, alone of all the wild savage life, feared him not--and he alone did Kerchak fear. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Or put it, my juvenile friends, that he saw an elephant, and returning said 'Lo, the city is barren, I have seen but an eel,' would THAT be Terewth? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- American metallurgy may have arisen independently of the old-world use of metal, or it may have been brought by these elephant carvers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- As for Jos, even in that little interview in the garret at the Elephant Inn, she had found means to win back a great deal of his good-will. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Who'll bid for the gentleman on the elephant? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- One of his favourite amusements, we are told, was the expensive one of rolling elephants down precipitous places in order to watch their sufferings. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At Dewlish in Dorset, an artificial trench has been found which is supposed to have been a Pal?olithic trap for elephants. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I am a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants--I beg your pardon; I should have said the elements. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- There was nothing the young gentleman would have liked better, but elephants could not have dragged him back after the scolding he had received. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But no temperature made the melancholy mad elephants more mad or more sane. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There are pre-dynastic Neolithic Egyptian representations of Nile ships of a fair size, capable of carrying elephants. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- At first there were hippopotami, rhinoceroses, mammoths, and elephants. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Also to Ceylon, specially for elephants' tusks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- We have already noted the name of King Porus whom, in spite of his elephants, Alexander defeated and turned into a satrap. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
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