mammoth是什么意思

2024-01-22 15:10:16

mammoth

美[mæməθ] 英[mæməθ]

adj. 巨大的；庞大的

n. 长毛象；猛犸

近义词：enormous，immense，huge，vast，colossal，titanic，giant，gigantic，monumental，jumbo，prodigious，bulky，large，massive，epic，gargantuan，whale，

Noun

any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

Adjective

so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth;
"a gigantic redwood" "gigantic disappointment" "a mammoth ship" "a mammoth multinational corporation"

用作形容词(adj.)

Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
The mammoth buffalo roamed the plains.庞大的野牛群出没在这些平原上。
By comparison, the Great Wall in China is a mammoth presence.相比之下，中国的长城真是个庞然大物。

用作名词(n.)