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单词 elephantine
释义
elephantineel‧e‧phan‧tine /ˌeləˈfæntaɪn◂ $ -tiːn◂/ adjective formal Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • elephantine bureaucracy
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
  • In the middle of this elephantine travail, there came a knock on the door.
  • Over the period since 1945 as a whole, other beasts proved mammoths - of elephantine size but doomed to extinction.
  • She was a silly girl, and far too easily impressed by Grunte's elephantine attentions.
slow, heavy, and awkward, like an elephant:  elephantine footsteps
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