elephantine
elephantine 英 [ˌelɪˈfæntaɪn] 美 [ˌelɪˈfæntin]
adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的
- Something elephantine is huge, bulky, and a little clumsy, much like an elephant. Riding a bicycle in a rainstorm while trying to hold an elephantine super-sized soda is a bad idea.
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- adj. 似象的；巨大的；粗笨的，笨拙的
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1. India’s current rulers, the mahouts to an elephantine state, seem at least to understand this.
印度的决策者，如同有大象的地区的管象人一样，至少应该明白这一点。
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2. A more apt elephantine expression is found in Swahili: when two elephants fight it is the grass that gets hurt.
一个更贴切的，对巨大的表达在班图语里是：当两头大象打架的时候，受伤的是草皮。
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3. The rare elephantine visitation undoubtedly reflected an "improvement in the country's foreign relations".
毫无疑问，稀有大象造访这一事件很好诠释了““国家的外交关系正在改善”的说法。
- elephantine (adj.) 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).
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