pachyderms

pachyderms

美 [ˈpækiˌdɜrm] 　英 [ˈpækiˌdɜː(r)m]

• n.厚皮动物；〈比喻〉厚脸皮的人；精神麻木的人
• 网络硬皮动物；厚皮类

词形变化

复数：pachyderms  

英汉解释

n.	1. 厚皮动物 2. 〈比喻〉厚脸皮的人;精神麻木的人

英英解释

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.

没有什么比一群冲锋的厚皮动物更能攻破步兵的防线或者更快地使马陷入恐慌之中。

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

大象过剩对生活贫困的人们构成了额外的负担，他们与人类争抢水源，袭击老人和儿童。

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

研究显示，在草原上增加一些蚂蚁会有助于保护草原上的树林，因为蚂蚁能毁掉任何野餐，即使这些野餐属于大象。

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

大象们被配好对，只有它们同时拉绳子才能获得食物。