| 单词 | elephantine |
| 释义 | elephantine adjective formaluk/ˌel.ɪˈfæn.taɪn/us/ˌel.əˈfæn.taɪn/verylarge: 巨大的，硕大的，庞大的She's sotinyshe makes mefeelelephantine.她那么矮小，让我觉得自己就像个巨人。 Synonyms gargantuan giant huge jumbo Enormous
Examplesofelephantineelephantine Pleasure is anelephantineproblem for virtually any non-hedonistic axiology: neither desire nor anything else seems capable of explaining its value. From theCambridge English Corpus Though the book had, according to its author, an 'elephantinegestation', it is not at all elephant-like in ponderousness or greyness. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not need a bloated,elephantinemonstrosity of 1,300, which is what we had before we got rid of most of the hereditary peers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I fully recognise their present financial difficulties and theelephantinedemands of education throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is good to see one's baby born, but the process iselephantine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that a free and cohesive society is based on stable, clear, shared rules and not onelephantinebureaucracy. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English At last—this is the mostelephantinepregnancy ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This tendency on the part of headquarters staffs toelephantinegrowth, is becoming almost a law of nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Twenty-five years ago is anelephantineperiod of gestation if ever there was one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Subsequent action has proceeded with ratherelephantinecaution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is heavy-handed andelephantineregulation, when we were told that the touch would be light. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Draft directives have been in the pipeline for 10 years or more—a trulyelephantineperiod of gestation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had extraordinarily ponderouselephantineadministrative manoeuvres merely to reach the present position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantages derived from local connections could have been preserved by having smaller amalgamations, but will be lost without any compensating advantage by having this enormous,elephantineamalgamation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is quite a size—almostelephantine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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