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).
雙語例句
1. His legs were elephantine.
他的腿很粗壯。
來自柯林斯例句
2. These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
這些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在傳達信息。
來自辭典例句
3. Their daughter is quite plump but their son is positively elephantine.
他們的女兒很胖;可是兒子呢,簡直像大象.
來自辭典例句
4. These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye.
這些笨拙的古怪作品好象在傳達著一個信息, 即每個藝術家都有著個性化的眼睛.
來自互聯網
5. India's current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.