elephant 的英语意思
elephantelephant /ˈeləfənt/ noun [countable]
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a very large grey animal with four legs, two tusks (=long curved teeth) and a trunk (=long nose) that it can use to pick things up一种体型极大的灰色动物,有四条腿、两根象牙(=长而弯曲的牙齿)和一条象鼻(=长鼻子),可用来拾取物品2the elephant in the (living) room an important subject or problem that everyone knows about but no one mentions众所周知却无人提及的重要话题或问题:
The race issue is the elephant in the room in this election.种族问题是本次选举中房间里的大象。 → white elephant
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a very large grey animal with four legs, two tusks (=long curved teeth) and a trunk (=long nose) that it can use to pick things up一种体型极大的灰色动物,有四条腿、两根象牙(=长而弯曲的牙齿)和一条象鼻(=长鼻子),可用来拾取物品2the elephant in the (living) room an important subject or problem that everyone knows about but no one mentions众所周知却无人提及的重要话题或问题:
The race issue is the elephant in the room in this election.种族问题是本次选举中房间里的大象。 → white elephant