mammoth 详细解释

mammoth

['mæməθ]

adj.巨大的, 庞大的
n.长毛象, 猛犸

n.

【古生】毛象[C]

a.

巨大的, 庞大的

Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.

修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

a mammoth enterprise

一个庞大的企业

词形变化

名词复数: mammoplasties |

词义辨析

同义:

a.巨大的

huge  gigantic  immense  vast  enormous  giant  colossal  titanic  monumental  

同义参见:

large  jumbo  whale  prodigious  bulky  

英英释义

名词 mammoth:

any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

形容词 mammoth:

so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth

同义词：gigantic

补充

mammothmammoth英:[ˈmæməθ] 美:[ˈmæməθ]adj.1.巨大的The problem is beginning to assume mammoth proportions.这个问题开始显得十分重大。

例句

1. a mammoth tusk猛犸象牙 2. a mammoth skull猛犸象的颅骨 3. the mammoth task of relocating the library搬图书馆这项庞大的任务 4. You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.只有资金到位, 你才能进行大刀阔斧的改革。 5. This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.这项庞大的任务在18个月之内完成了。 6. a mammoth corporation.庞大的公司。 7. The little business she started by herself has now become a mammoth [=giant] in the industry.当年她自己创办的小公司如今成了业内巨头。 8. "a mammoth [=huge, gigantic] building"巨大的建筑物 9. Renovating the house is a mammoth undertaking.整修这栋房子是一项巨大的工程。

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