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elephant
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音标：英 ['elɪf(ə)nt] 美 ['ɛlɪfənt]
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解释：
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n. 象；大号图画纸
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中文词源：
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elephant 象来自拉丁语elephantus，象。
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英文词源：
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elephant
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elephant: [13] Elephants were named from their tusks. Greek eléphās (probably a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language) meant originally ‘ivory’ (hence chryselephantine ‘of gold and ivory’ [19]). Only later did it come to denote the animal itself, and it passed in this sense into Latin as elephantus. By post-classical times this had become *olifantus, and it is a measure of the unfamiliarity of the beast in northern Europe in the first millenium AD that when Old English acquired the word, as olfend, it was used for the ‘camel’.
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Old French also had olifant (referring to the ‘elephant’ this time) and passed it on to English as olifaunt. It was not until the 14th century that, under the influence of the classical Latin form, this began to change to elephant. In the 16th and 17th centuries there was a learned revival of the sense ‘ivory’: Alexander Pope, for instance, in his translation of the Odyssey 1725, refers to ‘the handle … with steel and polish’d elephant adorn’d’.
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The notion of the white elephant as ‘something unwanted’ arose apparently from the practice of the kings of Siam presenting courtiers who had incurred their displeasure with real white elephants, the cost of whose proper upkeep was ruinously high.
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elephant (n.)
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c. 1300, olyfaunt, from Old French olifant (12c., Modern French éléphant), from Latin elephantus, from Greek elephas (genitive elephantos) "elephant; ivory," probably from a non-Indo-European language, likely via Phoenician (compare Hamitic elu "elephant," source of the word for it in many Semitic languages, or possibly from Sanskrit ibhah "elephant").
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Re-spelled after 1550 on Latin model. Cognate with the common term for the animal in Romanic and Germanic; Slavic words (for example Polish slon', Russian slonu are from a different word. Old English had it as elpend, and compare elpendban, elpentoð "ivory," but a confusion of exotic animals led to olfend "camel."
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As an emblem of the Republican Party in U.S. politics, 1860. To see the elephant "be acquainted with life, gain knowledge by experience" is an American English colloquialism from 1835. The elephant joke was popular 1960s-70s.
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双语例句：
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1. The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
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这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. His tour de force is an elephant sculpture.
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他的精心之作是一件大象雕塑。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
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这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
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来自《权威词典》
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4. The hunter was trampled to death by a wild elephant.
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那猎人被一头野象踩死了.
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来自《简明英汉词典》
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5. The animal in the picture was a female elephant.
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照片上的动物是头母象.
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来自《简明英汉词典》
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更多相关例句：
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herds of elephants/elephant herds
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象群【牛津词典】
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a baby elephant
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幼象【牛津词典】
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Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.
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不久苍蝇又来了, 大象再一次把它赶走.【期刊摘选】
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He amazed that his minister seemed to be able to read the mind of an elephant.
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大臣似乎真能懂大象的心思,国王对此感到惊异.【期刊摘选】
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It's obvious that a man isn't strong enough to lift an elephant.
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很明显,一个人是不能举起大象的.【《现代英汉综合大词典》】
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The African elephant is the largest animal on land.
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非洲象是陆地上最大的动物.【期刊摘选】
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A motor car would be a white elephant to him, because he can't drive.
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汽车对他来说毫无用处, 因为他不会开车.【期刊摘选】
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But the prince of monkeys was as strong as elephant.
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但是他的儿子壮得好比一头大象.【期刊摘选】
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A big elephant is running amuck in the village, tearing up the trees by the roots.
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一头大象在村子里横行无忌, 把许多树连根拔起.【期刊摘选】
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The some people brushes teeth the elephant pulls to saw, and also be thwart brush.
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有些人刷牙象拉锯, 也就是横着刷.【期刊摘选】
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Does an elephant have a long nose?
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大象有长鼻子 吗 ?【期刊摘选】
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A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome.
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大蟒蛇很危险, 大象又十分的笨重.【期刊摘选】
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The elephant dwarfed the tortoise.
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那只乌龟跟那头象相比就显得很小.【《简明英汉词典》】
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The Indian elephant is smaller than the African elephant.
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印度象比非洲象小.【期刊摘选】
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How friendly that elephant looks like.
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5那只大象看起来多么友好啊!【期刊摘选】
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This radio is really a white elephant to me.
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这台收音机对我来说真是个累赘.【期刊摘选】
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I am not an ordinary elephant, but an elephant can fly, everybody called me Dumbo.
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我可不是一只普通的大象, 我是一只会飞的象, 大家都叫我小飞象.【期刊摘选】
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At what point does the training of a captive wild elephant begin?
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到什么情况下,才能开始对捕来的野象进行训练?【期刊摘选】
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It took the old blind man quite some time to find the elephant at all.
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就是找到大象还花了那位老盲人相当一段时间呢.【期刊摘选】
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The angry elephant crashed through the forest.
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愤怒的大象闯过森林.【《简明英汉词典》】
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The hunter was trampled to death by a wild elephant.
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那猎人被一头野象踩死了.【《简明英汉词典》】
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When they saw the elephant blowing the mouth organ , the children roared with laughter.
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看见大象吹口琴, 孩子们这个乐啊!【《现代汉英综合大词典》】
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The animal in the picture was a female elephant.
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照片上的动物是头母象.【《简明英汉词典》】
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Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a'guard of honour'of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.
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他扮成圣诞老人,在声个漂亮姑娘组成的 “ 仪仗队”的陪同下骑着一只叫江波的小象,沿着城里的主要街道出发了.【《用法词典》】
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The next stage is to get the elephant to the trainning establishment.
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下一步就是把象送到驯象基地.【《用法词典》】
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The elephant plunged into the forest.
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大象猛地冲入森林.【《简明英汉词典》】
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The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
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这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。【《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》】
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His tour de force is an elephant sculpture.
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他的精心之作是一件大象雕塑。【柯林斯例句】
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The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
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这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。【柯林斯例句】
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The elephant in your living room is your Internet-connected security camera, a device.【2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C】
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On a glacier-filled island with fjords ( ' , 峡湾) and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica's first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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On a glacier-filled island with fjords and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica's first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base.【2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B】
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Captions will usually tell you where the data came from for example, a scientific study of 400 African elephants from 1980 to 2005.【2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文】
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For example, the first letters of "my elephant eats too many eels" spell out the hidden message "meet me".【2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文】
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On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals.【2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文】
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The national park has a large collection of wildlife, ranging from butterflies to elephants.【2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文】
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