mammoth
UK/'mæmәθ/US
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Definitions
n.
A large extinct elephant-like animal with long curved tusks and a hairy coat that lived during the Ice Age
猛犸象（已灭绝的大型象类动物）
adj.
Extremely large; huge
巨大的，庞大的
Root Breakdown
Loanwordmammothother
=mammoth
Example Sentences
- 1.
The mammoth skeleton displayed at the museum was discovered frozen in Siberian permafrost.
- 2.
The project faced a mammoth task of rebuilding the entire infrastructure after the disaster.
- 3.
Mammoth success in the initial phase gave the team confidence to expand the program.