Word · Frequency #14069
mammoths
猛犸
mammoths is the plural of mammoth.
核心释义
a very large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, with a hairy coat and long curved tusks
- 1.
猛犸属的任何物种,大型、通常有毛、类似象的哺乳动物,有长而弯曲的象牙和倾斜的背部,在更新世晚期冰川消退时灭绝,已知于北美和欧亚大陆的化石、冻尸及旧石器时代洞穴壁画。
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
- 2.
多种广泛分布于更新世的灭绝象类;体型巨大,有长毛和长而上弯的象牙。
any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
- 3.
同类中非常巨大的事物。
Something very large of its kind.
- 4.
一种大型驴。
A kind of large donkey.
猛犸属的任何物种,大型、通常有毛、类似象的哺乳动物,有长而弯曲的象牙和倾斜的背部,在更新世晚期冰川消退时灭绝,已知于北美和欧亚大陆的化石、冻尸及旧石器时代洞穴壁画。;多种广泛分布于更新世的灭绝象类;体型巨大,有长毛和长而上弯的象牙。;同类中非常巨大的事物。;一种大型驴。;庞然大物
用法In use
The museum has a skeleton of a mammoth that lived thousands of years ago.
用法提示:mammoth 是名词,指猛犸象,在句中作介词宾语。
Scientists found the bones of mammoths under the ice.
用法提示:mammoths 是 mammoth 的复数形式,作介词宾语。
In the picture, a mammoth is walking across the snowy plain.
用法提示:mammoth 是名词,指猛犸象,在句中作主语。
a mammoth
作名词时指猛犸象,也可比喻巨大的事物。
The skeleton of a mammoth was found in Siberia.
西伯利亚发现了一具猛犸象的骨骼。
mammoth [noun]
作形容词时意为“巨大的”,通常放在名词前修饰,如 mammoth effort。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- woolly mammoth
- 猛犸象
- The woolly mammoth lived during the Ice Age.猛犸象生活在冰河时期。
- mammoth tusk
- 猛犸象牙
- The museum displayed a huge mammoth tusk.博物馆展出了一根巨大的猛犸象牙。
- mammoth skeleton
- 猛犸象骨架
- The fossil hall contains a complete mammoth skeleton.化石厅里有一具完整的猛犸象骨架。
- mammoth task
- 艰巨的任务
- Organizing the conference was a mammoth task.组织这次会议是一项艰巨的任务。
- mammoth effort
- 巨大的努力
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
mammoth = mam + moth,想象一只飞蛾(moth)大得像猛犸象,记住它就是‘庞然大物’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:science writing、museum exhibits、conversations about extinct animals 这里取名词义,指已灭绝的猛犸象;该义通常属于中性常用词,多用于科普、博物馆介绍或日常谈古生物。若要表示“巨大的”,则比较常见于书面或较正式语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用词与 mammoth /ˈmæməθ/ 完全押韵;mammal 和 mammogram 只与它共享开头的 /ˈmæmə/ 音。注意拼写相似的 moth /mɒθ/、math /mæθ/、myth /mɪθ/、month /mʌnθ/ 发音各不相同,不能按拼写类推读音。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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