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).