mastodon
US /ˈmæs.tə.dɑːn/
UK /ˈmæs.tə.dɒn/
名词
1.
乳齿象
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.
示例:
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Fossilized remains of a mastodon were discovered in the excavation site.
在发掘现场发现了乳齿象的化石遗骸。
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The museum has an impressive skeleton of a prehistoric mastodon.
博物馆里有一具令人印象深刻的史前乳齿象骨架。
2.
庞然大物, 巨头, 老古董
a person or thing that is enormous, powerful, or old-fashioned.
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The old factory was a huge industrial mastodon, now mostly abandoned.
那座旧工厂是一个巨大的工业庞然大物，现在大部分已被废弃。
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He's a political mastodon, having been in power for over forty years.
他是一个政治巨头，掌权已超过四十年。