Overhead and all around came the elephantine sounds of hundreds of students on the move.

他们的头顶上和周围响起几百个学生同时走动的嘈杂声。

Maybe an " elephantine tooth fairy" dropped it off after leaving a carrot under its pillow.

也许一个“大象牙仙”将胡萝卜放在枕头下面后时将它掉下来了。

But the bigger question is why animals play such an elephantine role in our expressions

但是更大的疑问是，为何动物会在口语中有这麽大（大象一样）的份量。

Geltor, a startup that has raised more than $100m, opted for a different extinct, elephantine species.

Geltor是一家融资超过1亿美元的初创公司，它选择了另一种已经灭绝的大象物种。

On the New Jersey shore in the city of Margate, there's been an " elephantine" presence since 1881.

自1881年以来，在新泽西的马盖特市海岸上，就一直有一个“似象的”的东西存在。

The elephantine flying horses that had pulled the carriage were now grazing in a makeshift paddock alongside it.

拉马车的那几匹大象般巨大的飞马正在马车旁一个临时圈起的围场里吃草。

Old six-foot Snodgrass looms on high, With elephantine grace, And beams upon the company, With brown and jovial face.

六英尺高的老斯诺德格拉斯在高处若隐若现， 带着大象般的优雅，带着棕色而快乐的脸庞向着人群微笑。

Huge elephantine forms, the mastodon, the hippopotamus, the tapir, antelopes of monstrous size, the megatherium, and the myledon—all, for the moment, in juxtaposition.

巨大的象形动物、乳齿象、河马、貘、体型巨大的羚羊、巨兽和棘齿象——目前， 所有这些都并列在一起。

Of particular interest are the most elephantine members of the elephant bird herd, ' Like the one with the giant leg bones that James mentioned.

特别令人感兴趣的是象鸟群中最像象的成员，就像詹姆斯提到的那些腿骨巨大的成员。

Arthur did not answer. He looked at Haddo curiously. He asked himself whether he believed seriously these preposterous things, or whether he was amusing himself in an elephantine way at their expense.

亚瑟没有回答。他好奇地看着哈多。他问自己，他是否真的相信这些荒谬的事情，或者他是否在以他们为代价以大象的方式自娱自乐。