elephantine 音标拼音: [
, ɛləf'ænt
, in]
a . 象的,巨大的,粗笨的
象的,巨大的,粗笨的
elephantine adj 1 :
of great mass ;
huge and bulky ; "
a jumbo jet "; "
jumbo shrimp " [
synonym : {
elephantine }, {
gargantuan }, {
giant },
{
jumbo }]
Elephantine \
El `
e *
phan "
tine \,
a . [
L .
elephantinus of ivory ,
Gr .
?:
cf .
F . ['
e ]
l ['
e ]
phantin .]
Pertaining to the elephant ,
or resembling an elephant (
commonly ,
in size );
hence ,
huge ;
immense ;
heavy ;
as ,
of elephantine proportions ;
an elephantine step or tread .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Elephantine epoch } (
Geol .),
the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms . --
Mantell .
{
Elephantine tortoise } (
Zo ["
o ]
l .),
a huge land tortoise ;
esp ., {
Testudo elephantina },
from islands in the Indian Ocean ;
and {
T .
elephantopus },
from the Galapagos Islands .
Elephantoid 118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elephantine ":
Atlantean ,
Brobdingnagian ,
Cyclopean ,
Gargantuan ,
Herculean ,
Homeric ,
Latinate ,
abysmal ,
arid ,
astronomic ,
awkward ,
barren ,
blah ,
blank ,
bloodless ,
bombastic ,
bulky ,
characterless ,
clumsy ,
cold ,
colorless ,
colossal ,
cramped ,
cumbersome ,
cumbrous ,
dead ,
dismal ,
draggy ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
effete ,
elephantlike ,
empty ,
enormous ,
epic ,
etiolated ,
fade ,
flat ,
forced ,
formal ,
gargantuan ,
giant ,
giantlike ,
gigantic ,
graceless ,
guinde ,
halting ,
heavy ,
heavy -
handed ,
heroic ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
huge ,
hulking ,
hulky ,
immense ,
inane ,
inexcitable ,
infinite ,
inkhorn ,
insipid ,
jejune ,
jumbo ,
labored ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
low -
spirited ,
lubberly ,
lumbering ,
lumpish ,
lumpy ,
maladroit ,
mammoth ,
massive ,
massy ,
mighty ,
monster ,
monstrous ,
monumental ,
mountainous ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pedestrian ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poky ,
pompous ,
ponderous ,
prodigious ,
profound ,
sesquipedalian ,
slow ,
solemn ,
spiritless ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stilted ,
stodgy ,
stuffy ,
stupendous ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
titanic ,
towering ,
tremendous ,
turgid ,
ungraceful ,
uninspired ,
unlively ,
unwieldy ,
vapid ,
vast ,
wooden
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