oliphant

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An elephant. archaic,historical
    — She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. […] His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.
  2. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

词形变化

oliphants plural olifant alternative olyfaunte alternative olyphant alternative oliphaunt alternative

词源

From Middle English olifaunt, from Anglo-Norman oliphant (“ivory, elephant”) and Old French oliphant (“ivory, elephant, musical horn of ivory”), from Latin elephantus (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas, “ivory, elephant”).
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