mammoth
英 [ˈmæməθ]
美 [ˈmæməθ]
n. 猛犸(象); 毛象
adj. 极其巨大的; 庞大的
复数:mammoths
Collins.1 / BNC.14069 / COCA.11025
牛津词典
noun
- 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.
- 极其巨大的;庞大的
extremely large- a mammoth task
巨大的任务 - a financial crisis of mammoth proportions
极其严重的金融危机
- a mammoth task
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (改变)巨大的,重大的;(任务)庞大的,艰巨的
You can usemammothto emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve.- ...the mammoth task of relocating the library...
图书馆搬迁的艰巨任务 - 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。 - This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
- ...the mammoth task of relocating the library...
- 猛犸,毛象(一种史前动物)
Amammothwas an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.
英英释义
noun
- any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene
adj
- so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
- a gigantic redwood
- gigantic disappointment
- a mammoth ship
- a mammoth multinational corporation
双语例句
- 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。 - Imagine the death of a mammoth.
想象一下这只猛犸的死。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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! - 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。