释义 |
elephantineel‧e‧phan‧tine /ˌeləˈfæntaɪn◂ $ -tiːn◂/ adjective formal - 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 |