mammoth

单词mammoth

基本解释

n.: 庞然大物；【动】猛玛(象)
adj.: 巨大的；庞大的；大型的
网络: 猛犸；长毛象；猛犸象

权威解释

• 猛犸（象）:

  an animal like a large elephant covered with hair, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct

• 极其巨大的；庞大的:

  extremely large

英汉解释

• 巨大的;庞大的;大型的

• 庞然大物

• 【动】猛玛(象)

词性分析

• 复数：mammoths

单词搭配

• Adj.+n.:

  mammoth task

同义词

adj.enormoushugemassiveimmenseepic

反义词

adj.tiny

例句

• You might be able to see a mammoth, in addition to one from the movie Ice Age.

  在电影《冰川世纪》中你可能会看见长毛象。

• Due to just a few key structural changes, mammoth hemoglobin can release oxygen more readily at cold temperatures.

  由于仅仅几个关键的结构变化，猛犸血红蛋白就能在寒冷的气温下更加容易释放氧。

• For a female to choose a blond male he must be able to deliver resources (mammoth), as his blond hair alone is not enough to turn her on.

  女性选择能够给她提够一些食物（比如猛犸肉）的男人，因为仅仅靠他的棕色头发并不能激起她的性欲。

• "What was a mammoth like? " The children asked their teacher curiously.

  “猛犸象是什么样子的？”孩子们好奇地问他们的老师。

• The elephant is the closest modern relative of the mammoth, a huge woolly mammal believed to have died out with the last Ice Age.

  一般认为全身多毛的猛犸象灭绝于上一个冰河世纪，而大象是现存的与猛犸象亲缘关系最近的动物。

• The largest Thanksgiving parade takes place in New York City and features elaborate floats, mammoth balloons shaped like cartoon characters.

  规模最大的感恩节游行在纽约，其中最有特色的是精心制作的各种飘浮物-模仿动画片中人物的巨大气球。

• "It was a mammoth tusk, " Ivanovich said. "It wasn"t very big, " his wife, Valentina, pointed out. "There are lots of them, " she added.

  伊万诺维奇说，“是根猛犸象（又名长毛象）象牙。”他妻子瓦莲京娜补充，“这根不太大，但那儿有很多象牙。”

• There was no place for the software mammoth in a tech world designed -- and dominated -- by Apple.

  在这个由苹果公司（Apple）设计并主宰的科技世界里，就是没有这家软件巨头的一席之地。

• If you thought Ice Age was just a movie, think again, because a team of scientists is now planning to clone a mammoth.

  如果你以为《冰原历险记》只是一部电影，那麽请你再想一次，因为现在有一个科学团队打算复制猛玛象。

• Here"s the give-away, a pair of tusks two metres long, the trademark of a Columbian mammoth, the biggest animal to roam the ice age plains.

  这是赠品，一对两米长的象牙，一个哥伦比亚猛犸象的商标，冰河时代的平原上最大的动物。