| 词汇 | elephantine |
| 释义 | elephantine adjective formaluk /ˌel.ɪˈfæn.taɪn/ us /ˌel.əˈfæn.taɪn/ very large: 巨大的，硕大的，庞大的 She's so tiny she makes me feel elephantine.她那么矮小，让我觉得自己就像个巨人。 Synonyms gargantuan giant huge jumbo Enormous astronomical astronomically behemoth bigly by far and awayidiom immeasurably immense immensity inordinate inordinately precipitous stratospheric stratospherically super-colossal supersized terrific thumping walloping yawning yawningly Examples of elephantineelephantine Pleasure is an elephantine problem for virtually any non-hedonistic axiology: neither desire nor anything else seems capable of explaining its value. Though the book had, according to its author, an 'elephantine gestation', it is not at all elephant-like in ponderousness or greyness. We do not need a bloated, elephantine monstrosity 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fully recognise their present financial difficulties and the elephantine demands of education throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is good to see one's baby born, but the process is elephantine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that a free and cohesive society is based on stable, clear, shared rules and not on elephantine bureaucracy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English At last—this is the most elephantine pregnancy ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This tendency on the part of headquarters staffs to elephantine growth, is becoming almost a law of nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Twenty-five years ago is an elephantine period of gestation if ever there was one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Subsequent action has proceeded with rather elephantine caution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is heavy-handed and elephantine regulation, when we were told that the touch would be light. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Draft directives have been in the pipeline for 10 years or more—a truly elephantine period of gestation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had extraordinarily ponderous elephantine administrative manoeuvres merely to reach the present position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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, elephantine amalgamation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is quite a size—almost elephantine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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