| 释义 |
heffalump|ˈhɛfəlʌmp|
A child's word for ‘elephant’.
Now commonly in adult use.
1926A. A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh v. 66 He would go up very quietly to the Six Pine Trees now, peep very cautiously into the Trap, and see if there was a Heffalump there. 1928― House at Pooh Corner iii. 43 He guessed what had happened. He and Piglet had fallen into a Heffalump Trap. 1958Spectator 22 Aug. 241/1 The Conservatives are not going to leap into the heffalump-trap in which their opponents..reside. 1959Manch. Guardian 14 July 6/3 Hannibal's heffalumps can hardly have had any such protection against the weather. |