1620s, "huge," from Latin elephantinus "pertaining to the elephant," from elephantus (see elephant). Meaning "pertaining to elephants" is from 1670s. Earlier adjective was elephantic (1590s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. His legs were elephantine.
他的腿很粗壯。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
這些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在傳達(dá)信息。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Their daughter is quite plump but their son is positively elephantine.
他們的女兒很胖;可是兒子呢,簡(jiǎn)直像大象.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye.