mammoth
adj. 巨大的；庞大的
n. 长毛象；猛犸
近义词：enormous，immense，huge，vast，colossal，titanic，giant，gigantic，monumental，jumbo，prodigious，bulky，large，massive，epic，gargantuan，whale，
英英释义
Noun
- any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
Adjective
- so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth;
"a gigantic redwood" "gigantic disappointment" "a mammoth ship" "a mammoth multinational corporation"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
- The mammoth buffalo roamed the plains.庞大的野牛群出没在这些平原上。
- By comparison, the Great Wall in China is a mammoth presence.相比之下，中国的长城真是个庞然大物。
用作名词(n.)
- The woolly mammoth was a month old when she died.这只长毛象刚满月就不幸身亡。
- The mammoth fell into an ice crevasse.猛犸掉进冰河裂缝里了。