mammoth

名词 mammoth:

1. any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

形容词 mammoth:

1. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth
   同义词：gigantic

1. The mammoth fell into an ice crevasse.
   猛犸掉进冰河裂缝里了。
2. A mammoth is a large hairy type of elephant in ancient times.
   猛犸是古代一种身体庞大、长着长毛的大象。

mam.moth

n.（名词）
Any of various large, hairy, extinct elephants of the genusMammuthus, especially the woolly mammoth (M. primigenius), once widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
猛犸：一种猛犸 属体形大、有毛且已绝种了的象，尤指体毛发达的猛犸 （猛犸象） 曾广泛分布于北半球
Something of great size.
庞然大物：具有硕大体积的东西
adj.（形容词）
Of enormous size; huge.See Synonyms at enormous
庞大的：体积庞大的；巨大的参见 enormous

来源：
Obsolete Russian mamut, mamot
已废俄语 mamut, mamot

<注释>The mammoth was introduced to the English-speaking world after mammoth skeletons were discovered in Siberia,so it is no surprise that this creature`s name is taken from Russian,even though the animal roamed over Eurasia and North America.The Russian word, nowmamant` but formerlymamot as well, was borrowed into English in variant spellings.It was first recorded in 70'in the formMammuth, but in 7'3 we find the formmammon. It is said that the Russian word is a borrowing of an Ostyak word (the Ostyak people live in western Siberia),but this has not been proved.
猛犸这个词是在西伯利亚发现猛犸骨骼之后才引入英语的，所以这种动物的名称起源于俄语也就不足为奇了，尽管这种动物曾在欧亚大陆和北美到处游荡。俄语中的这个词，现在是mamant` ， 但以前为mamot ， 被引入英文时出现了不同的拼写方法。最早的记载是70'年，其形式是Mammuth， 但在7'3年，其形式就变成了mammon。 据说俄语这个词也是源于一个奥斯加克语中一个词（奥斯加克人居住于西伯利亚西部），但这种说法还没有得到证实