mammoth

英 [ˈmæməθ]

美 [ˈmæməθ]

n. 猛犸(象); 毛象
adj. 极其巨大的; 庞大的

复数：mammoths　

Collins.1 / BNC.14069 / COCA.11025

牛津词典

noun

猛犸（象）；毛象
an animal like a large elephant covered with hair, that lived thousands of years ago and is now extinct

adj.

ADJ-GRADED （改变）巨大的，重大的；（任务）庞大的，艰巨的
You can usemammothto emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve.
1. ...the mammoth task of relocating the library...
  图书馆搬迁的艰巨任务
2. You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there...
  资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
3. This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
  这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。
猛犸，毛象（一种史前动物）
Amammothwas an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists.

noun

adj

Sandberg has had a mammoth year.
桑德伯格刚刚度过了非常充实的一年。
You might already have seen a mammoth in the movies.
你或许已经在电影中见过猛犸。
Of course, the not so hidden subtext of all this was two mammoth wealth transfers.
当然，这一说法的明显的潜台词是两种巨大的财富变换形式。
I can't wait to get my claws in that mammoth.
我的爪子都快等不及要撕烂那毛象了！
A case in point is the mammoth global derivatives markets.
这里的一个佐证就是庞大的全球衍生品市场。
By comparison, the Great Wall in China is a mammoth presence.
相比之下，中国的长城真是个庞然大物。
Imagine the death of a mammoth.
想象一下这只猛犸的死。
There was no place for the software mammoth in a tech world designed and dominated by apple.
在这个由苹果公司（Apple）设计并主宰的科技世界里，就是没有这家软件巨头的一席之地。
So exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth.
极度大的广阔的，以至于使人想起巨人或庞然大物的。
This mammoth undertaking was completed in 18 months.
这项艰巨的任务在18个月内完成了。