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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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
  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

• 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.
  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。
• 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
  1. a gigantic redwood
  2. gigantic disappointment
  3. a mammoth ship
  4. a mammoth multinational corporation
  Synonym:gigantic

双语例句

• 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？
• 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！
• This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
  这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
• 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。
• "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。
• Sandberg has had a mammoth year.
  桑德伯格刚刚度过了非常充实的一年。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。