mammoth

• Описывает что-то чрезвычайно большое, огромное или массивное по масштабу, часто используется в переносном смысле.

Describes something that is extremely large, enormous, or massive in scale, often used figuratively.

1. Extremely largeB2formal

   So enormously large or extensive that it suggests the size of a prehistoric mammoth; gigantic.

   Огромный

   • The company took on a mammoth project to redesign the entire system.
   • Cleaning up after the festival was a mammoth task.
   • They faced a mammoth challenge in climbing the highest peak.

   Синонимыcolossalenormousgargantuangiantgigantichugeimmensemassivetitanicvast

   Антонимыdwarfmicroscopicminusculeminutetiny

• Существительное, обозначающее любого из многочисленных вымерших слонов, широко распространённых в плейстоцене, отличавшихся чрезвычайно крупными размерами, волосяным покровом и длинными изогнутыми бивнями.

A noun referring to any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene, characterized by their extremely large size, hairy coats, and long upcurved tusks.

1. Extinct elephant-like mammalB1formal

   A large, extinct mammal from the Pleistocene epoch, characterized by a hairy coat and long, curved tusks.

   Мамонт

   • The woolly mammoth roamed the frozen tundra thousands of years ago.
   • Scientists discovered a well-preserved mammoth carcass in Siberia.
   • Mammoth tusks were often used by early humans for tools and art.