pachyderm
IPA/ˈpækidɜːm/
IPA/ˈpækidɜːrm/
pachyderm — noun
- pachydermsingular
- pachydermsplural
1. a very large thick-skinned mammal, especially an elephant, rhino, or hippo.
1.名詞C2
釋義
a very large thick-skinned mammal, especially an elephant, rhino, or hippo.
例句
At the safari park, Hana pointed at the baby pachyderm beside its mother.
countable noun: a baby pachyderm
From the bus, the children could see a pachyderm bathing in the river.
During the zoo talk, Felix learned which pachyderms use mud to cool themselves.
Ayesha sketched each pachyderm carefully, from the rhino's horn to the elephant's ears.
The guide asked the children to stay quiet near the sleeping pachyderms.
文法句型
a pachyderm
herd of pachyderms
用法筆記
Mostly found in formal, literary, or humorous writing rather than everyday speech. In modern science it is a loose, old-fashioned label, so speakers often use it simply to group elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses together.
常見錯誤
❌A pachyderm means only an elephant.
✅A pachyderm can mean an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus.
💡The word names a broader group of thick-skinned animals, not just elephants.
❌We saw three pachyderm at the zoo.
✅We saw three pachyderms at the zoo.
💡Add -s when talking about more than one animal.