音标:[.eli'fæntain] ;
a. 象的, 巨大的, 粗笨的
s. of great mass; huge and bulky

考试类型:[GRE]
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用作形容词(adj.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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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