elephants
elephants — 名詞
- elephantssingular
- elephantsesplural
1. the largest animal that lives on land, found in Africa and Asia; it has thick gr
大象
陸地上最大的動物，有長鼻和象牙
the largest animal that lives on land, found in Africa and Asia; it has thick grey skin, a long nose (called a trunk) that it uses like a hand to pick things up, and two long white teeth (called tusks) that grow out from its mouth
Adisa saw a big group of elephants walking across a field in Kenya.
Adisa 在肯亞看到一大群大象走過田野。
collocation: a group of elephants
Hassan's teacher said an elephant can pick up a small fruit with its nose.
Hassan 的老師說大象可以用鼻子從地上拿起小水果。
that-clause for reporting facts
Diego gave some food to a young elephant at a large park in Thailand.
Diego 在泰國的一個大公園裡給了一頭小象一些食物。
collocation: young elephant
Saira watched a mother elephant and her baby walk slowly to the river.
Saira 看著大象媽媽帶著象寶寶慢慢地走向河邊。
collocation: mother elephant / baby elephant
A worker asked Hui to wait when an elephant walked onto the road.
工作人員請 Hui 等一下，因為一頭大象走上了馬路。
countable: an elephant
- African elephant
- Asian elephant
- baby elephant
- elephant herd
- elephant tusk
- elephant trunk
- pachyderm
a scientific word for thick-skinned animals that includes elephants, rhinos, and hippos; not used in everyday English
文法句型
an elephant
[number] + elephants
a herd of elephants
用法筆記
The singular form is 'elephant' (without -s). Use 'an elephant' for one animal and 'elephants' for more than one. When speaking about the species in general, the plural form is common: 'Elephants are the largest land animals.'
常見錯誤
an obvious problem that everyone in a group knows about but no one wants to discuss openly
房間裡的大象（指眾人皆知卻避而不談的敏感問題）
Everyone at the dinner knew about the family fight, but no one spoke of the elephant in the room.
The company's huge debt was the elephant in the room at the board meeting.
a white elephant
idiomsomething costly to own or maintain that has very little real use or value
白象（指昂貴卻無用、難以維護的事物）
The empty shopping centre on the edge of town has become a white elephant.
Saira's uncle bought a large boat that turned out to be a white elephant — it broke down every summer.
同根字
- elephant名詞A1
- elephantine形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- African elephant
- Asian elephant
- baby elephant
- elephant herd
- elephant tusk
- elephant trunk
- elephant sanctuary
常用片語
- herd of elephants
- elephant in the room
- white elephant
介系詞搭配
- of elephants (a herd of elephants)
- for elephants (a sanctuary for elephants)