mammoth

英 [ˈmæməθ] 美 [ˈmæməθ]

n.  猛犸(象); 毛象
adj.  极其巨大的; 庞大的

复数:mammoths

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Collins.1 / BNC.14069 / COCA.11025



牛津词典

noun

  1. 猛犸(象);毛象
    an animal like a large elephant covered with hair, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct

    adj.

    1. 极其巨大的;庞大的
      extremely large
      1. a mammoth task
        巨大的任务
      2. a financial crisis of mammoth proportions
        极其严重的金融危机

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED (改变)巨大的,重大的;(任务)庞大的,艰巨的
      You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve.
      1. ...the mammoth task of relocating the library...
        图书馆搬迁的艰巨任务
      2. You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there...
        资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
      3. This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
        这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
    2. 猛犸,毛象(一种史前动物)
      A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.

      双语例句

      1. You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there
        资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
      2. This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
        这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
      3. They made a gigantic [ huge; mammoth] demonstration against the government.
        他们举行了一次声势浩大的反政府示威。
      4. There was no place for the software mammoth in a tech world designed and dominated by apple.
        在这个由苹果公司(Apple)设计并主宰的科技世界里,就是没有这家软件巨头的一席之地。
      5. Sandberg has had a mammoth year.
        桑德伯格刚刚度过了非常充实的一年。
      6. You might already have seen a mammoth in the movies.
        你或许已经在电影中见过猛犸。
      7. A letter from this worried six-year old has sparked a mammoth operation.
        这位担忧的六岁小孩的信引起了巨大的行动。
      8. I think he had me pinned up against a woolly mammoth.
        我想他拿我和长毛象比较。
      9. Shuffle, bomb or clear away cubes with power-ups or link them for mammoth, point-boosting explosions!
        随机播放,炸弹或清除与权力立方体式窗口或其链接的庞大,点提高爆炸!
      10. I should probably be with a mammoth.
        我也许该和另一只猛犸一起。
      11. However, learning the base class library is also a mammoth challenge, simply because it is so large.
        但是,学习基类库也是一个巨大的挑战,因为它太大了。
      12. The mammoth buffalo roamed the plains.
        庞大的野牛群出没在这些平原上。
      13. Imagine the death of a mammoth.
        想象一下这只猛犸的死。
      14. She is the most perfectly preserved woolly mammoth ever discovered.
        它是至今发现的长毛象中保存最为完善的一只。
      15. A case in point is the mammoth global derivatives markets.
        这里的一个佐证就是庞大的全球衍生品市场。
      16. I can't wait to get my claws in that mammoth.
        我的爪子都快等不及要撕烂那毛象了!
      17. 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。
      18. This book has unfolded the millennium latter mammoth humanity interspace epic poem!
        本书展现了千年后一场波澜壮阔的人类星际史诗!
      19. So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
        极度大的广阔的,以至于使人想起巨人或庞然大物的。
      20. His Lehman report was a mammoth task involving e-mails, reports, data sets and interviews.
        撰写雷曼报告是一项任务量巨大的工作,涉及电子邮件、报告、数据库和面谈。
      21. "What was a mammoth like?" the children asked their teacher curiously.
        “猛犸象是什么样子的?”孩子们好奇地问他们的老师。
      22. They knew the mammoth because they have left us strikingly effective pictures of that creature.
        他们熟悉猛犸,因为他们留下的那种动物的画像令我们印象深刻。
      23. Yes there is some extinction, like the Mammoth, but genetic diversity is continually increasing.
        是有一些物种灭绝,如猛犸,但是遗传的多样性正在不断的增加。
      24. What if I am the last mammoth?
        如果我是最后的猛犸象怎么办?
      25. This tiny mammoth's body was found in May of2007.
        这头长毛象的小小躯体在2007年五月为人发现。
      26. Two mammoth experts study the place where she was dug up and explain more about the area.
        两名长毛象专家研究它的出土之地,并且对该地区进行更进一步的解读。
      27. Of course, the not so hidden subtext of all this was two mammoth wealth transfers.
        当然,这一说法的明显的潜台词是两种巨大的财富变换形式。
      28. Be that as it may, when's the last time you saw another mammoth?
        尽管如此,你上一次见到别的长毛象是在什么时候?
      29. North American mastodon; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon.
        北美洲的乳齿象;在一些分类中被当作猛犸而不是乳齿象。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene

        adj

        1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
          1. a gigantic redwood
          2. gigantic disappointment
          3. a mammoth ship
          4. a mammoth multinational corporation

          Synonym:    gigantic