音标:['mæmәθ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 猛犸, 庞然大物
a. 猛犸似的, 巨大的
n. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
词型变化:名词复数形式 : mammoths
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词68%
名词32%

mammoth的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
  2. The mammoth buffalo roamed the plains.庞大的野牛群出没在这些平原上。
  3. 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.)
  1. The woolly mammoth was a month old when she died.这只长毛象刚满月就不幸身亡。
  2. The mammoth fell into an ice crevasse.猛犸掉进冰河裂缝里了。

词汇搭配

  • mammoth clover中间型三叶草...
  • mammoth tree巨杉
  • mammoth tanker大型油船
  • mammoth on-line system巨型联机系统...
  • mammoth structure巨型结构
  • mammoth pump超大型泵
  • mammoth blast大爆破
  • mammoth converter大型转炉
  • mammoth grader有孔转筒式(梨)分级...

经典引文

  • The mammoth task of preparing a $100 billion budget.

    出自:Lyndon B. Johnson
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