名詞 elephant:

1. five-toed pachyderm
2. the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

1. The elephant smashed through the trees.
   大象在樹林中橫沖直撞。
2. How many tons does this elephant weigh?
   這頭大象重多少噸？
3. The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.
   這只母象比小象重一百倍。
4. The elephant grinds its food with/between its powerful molars.
   象用其強(qiáng)有力的臼齒嚼碎食物。
5. A mammoth is a large hairy type of elephant in ancient times.
   猛犸是古代一種身體龐大、長(zhǎng)著長(zhǎng)毛的大象。
6. He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
   他說他吃光一頭大象才能充饑。
7. The elephant lowered its ponderous body into the water.
   大象把它那笨重的身軀浸入水里。
8. The elephant is the largest four-footed animal in the world.
   大象是世界上最大的四足動(dòng)物。

el.e.phant

n.（名詞）
Either of two very large herbivorous mammals,Elephas maximus of south-central Asia or Loxodonta africana of Africa, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long, curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large, fan-shaped ears.
象：兩種巨大的食草哺乳動(dòng)物，中南亞的象屬 或者非洲的 非洲象屬 中的一種，皮膚堅(jiān)厚，無毛，長(zhǎng)有一條長(zhǎng)的柔韌的可以卷曲的鼻子，上顎二門齒發(fā)展為長(zhǎng)而彎的象牙。非洲象屬有巨大的扇形狀的耳朵
Any of various extinct or living animals related to either of these two animals.
象屬動(dòng)物：任何一種絕種的或尚存在的與上述兩種動(dòng)物中一種有關(guān)的動(dòng)物

來源：
Middle English elefaunt
中古英語 elefaunt
from Old French olifant
源自 古法語 olifant
from Vulgar Latin *olifantus
源自 俗拉丁語 *olifantus
from Latin elephantus
源自 拉丁語 elephantus
from Greek elephas elephant-
源自 希臘語 elephas elephant-