mastodon
US /ˈmæs.tə.dɑːn/
UK /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/
名詞
1.
乳齒象
a large, extinct, elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut, having molars with mammillary processes, and found in both Eurasia and North America from the Miocene to the Pleistocene epochs.
範例:
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Fossilized remains of a mastodon were discovered in the excavation site.
在發掘現場發現了乳齒象的化石遺骸。
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The museum has an impressive skeleton of a prehistoric mastodon.
博物館裡有一具令人印象深刻的史前乳齒象骨架。
2.
龐然大物, 巨頭, 老古董
a person or thing that is enormous, powerful, or old-fashioned.
範例:
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The old factory was a huge industrial mastodon, now mostly abandoned.
那座舊工廠是一個巨大的工業龐然大物，現在大部分已被廢棄。
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He's a political mastodon, having been in power for over forty years.
他是一個政治巨頭，掌權已超過四十年。