pachyderms

美 [?pæki?d?rm] 　英 [?pæki?d??(r)m]

• n.厚皮動物；〈比喻〉厚臉皮的人；精神麻木的人
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)硬皮動物；厚皮類

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：pachyderms  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 厚皮動物 2. 〈比喻〉厚臉皮的人;精神麻木的人

英英解釋

n.	1. a large animal with thick skin, for example an elephant or a rhinoceros

例句

Nothing could break up a line of infantry or send horses into a panic faster than a charging pack of pachyderms.

沒有什么比一群沖鋒的厚皮動物更能攻破步兵的防線或者更快地使馬陷入恐慌之中。

Surplus pachyderms impose a particular burden on the poor, trashing their crops and attacking water sources, children and old people.

大象過剩對生活貧困的人們構(gòu)成了額外的負(fù)擔(dān)，他們與人類爭搶水源，襲擊老人和兒童。

And it suggests that adding ants could help preserve wooded areas on the savanna. Because ants will ruin any picnic, even for pachyderms.

研究顯示，在草原上增加一些螞蟻會有助于保護(hù)草原上的樹林，因為螞蟻能毀掉任何野餐，即使這些野餐屬于大象。

The pachyderms were paired up. Only if they pulled together could they get the food.

大象們被配好對，只有它們同時拉繩子才能獲得食物。