elephant

elephant
(复同单,或 elephants)
  1. a heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal
    象。 见 African elephant, Indian elephant
  2. Family Elephantidae, order Proboscidea: two species
    象科,长鼻目: 2种见 African elephant, Indian elephant
  3. a size of paper, typically 28 × 23 inches (approximately 711 × 584 mm)
    28×23 英寸(约 711×584毫米)的纸张尺寸
派生
elephantoid
[ˌɛlɪˈfantɔɪd]
adjective
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French elefant, via Latin from Greek elephas, elephant- 'ivory, elephant'
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