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BNC: 4323 COCA: 4355

elephant

elephant /ˈɛləfənt/ noun
plural elephants
elephant
/ˈɛləfənt/
noun
plural elephants
Learner's definition of ELEPHANT
[count]
: a very large gray animal that has a long, flexible nose and two long tusks see also white elephant

elephant in the room

: an obvious and important problem or issue that people avoid mentioning明擺着的難題;衆所周知卻避而不談的事
BNC: 4323 COCA: 4355

elephant

noun

el·​e·​phant ˈe-lə-fənt How to pronounce elephant (audio)
plural elephants also elephant
often attributive
1
a
: a thickset, usually extremely large, nearly hairless, herbivorous mammal (family Elephantidae, the elephant family) that has a snout elongated into a muscular trunk and two incisors in the upper jaw developed especially in the male into long ivory tusks:
(1)
: a tall, large-eared mammal (Loxodonta africana) of tropical Africa that is sometimes considered to comprise two separate species (L. africana of sub-Saharan savannas and L. cyclotis of central and western rain forests)

called also African elephant

(2)
: a relatively small-eared mammal (Elephas maximus) of forests of southeastern Asia

called also Asian elephant, Indian elephant

b
: any of various extinct relatives of the elephant see mammoth, mastodon
2
: one that is uncommonly large or hard to manage see also elephant in the room

Illustration of elephant

Illustration of elephant
  • 1 African
  • 2 Asian

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BNC: 4323 COCA: 4355
elephant

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF ELEPHANTS | VERB + ELEPHANT | ELEPHANT + VERB | ELEPHANT + NOUN ADJECTIVEAfrican非洲象Asian, Indian亞洲象;印度象bull, cow雄象;雌象female, male母象;公象baby幼象trained馴養的大象wild野象rogue兇野的離群象orphaned孤兒象a conservationist who cares for orphaned elephants一位關心孤兒象的生態保護者... OF ELEPHANTSherd一群大象VERB + ELEPHANThunt, poach, shoot捕象;非法捕象It's been about five years since the last elephant was poached for its ivory.最後一頭大象因象牙而被偷獵的事已過去大約 5 年了。cull, kill宰殺象;獵殺象ELEPHANT + VERBtrumpet大象吼叫charge, stampede大象攻擊;大象奔逃trample sb大象踩踏某人ELEPHANT + NOUNherd象群population大象種群tusk象牙ivory象牙dung象糞conservation大象保護gun捕象槍

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