| 单词 | elephantine |
| 释义 | elephantineWord family nounelephantiasiselephantadjectiveelephantineelephantoid el·e·phan·tine /ˌeləˈfæntaɪn◂ $ -tiːn◂/ adjectiveadj formal SLOWslow, heavy, and awkward, like an elephant 〔似象一样〕迟缓的，笨重的，笨拙的 elephantine footsteps 笨重的脚步声 Examples from the Corpus elephantine• She was a silly girl, and far too easily impressed by Grunte's elephantine attentions.• elephantine bureaucracy• At first glance it looks as though the structure might belong to the Social Security Administration or some other elephantine bureaucracy.• He got out of his car with difficulty, one elephantine foot first, then the bulk of his enormous body.• Over the period since 1945 as a whole, other beasts proved mammoths - of elephantine size but doomed to extinction.• In the middle of this elephantine travail, there came a knock on the door. |
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