首页英语词典chryselephantinechryselephantine的意思

chryselephantine

英 [,krɪselɪ'fæntaɪn] 美
  • adj. 用金和象牙做成的

英文词源


chryselephantine (adj.)
"overlaid with gold and ivory," 1816, probably via German, from Latinized form of Greek khryselephantinos, from khrysos "gold" (see chrysalis) + elephantinos "made of ivory," from elephans (genitive elephantos) "elephant; ivory" (see elephant).

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