mammoth /ˈmæməθ/ CET6+ TEM8

• 1. 

  ADJ You can use mammoth to emphasize that a task or change is very large and needs a lot of effort to achieve. 巨大的; 艰巨的 [强调]

  例：

  ...the mammoth task of relocating the library.

  …搬迁图书馆的艰巨任务。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A mammoth was an animal like an elephant, with very long tusks and long hair, that lived a long time ago but no longer exists. 猛犸