oliphant

词形变化

oliphants 复数 oliphants

别名

olifant olyfaunte olyphant oliphaunt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An elephant.

    古体 历史
  2. 2.

    An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

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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