单词 | mammoth |
释义 | mammoth /mam"euhth/, n. 1. any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth. adj. 2. immensely large; huge; enormous: a mammoth organization. [1690-1700; < Russ mam(m)ot (now mámont), first used in reference to remains of the animal found in Siberia; orig. uncert.] Syn. 2. See gigantic. |
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