One of his favourite amusements, we are told, was the expensive one of rolling elephants down precipitous places in order to watch their sufferings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
At Dewlish in Dorset, an artificial trench has been found which is supposed to have been a Pal?olithic trap for elephants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
I am a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants--I beg your pardon; I should have said the elements. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
There was nothing the young gentleman would have liked better, but elephants could not have dragged him back after the scolding he had received. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
But no temperature made the melancholy mad elephants more mad or more sane. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
There are pre-dynastic Neolithic Egyptian representations of Nile ships of a fair size, capable of carrying elephants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
At first there were hippopotami, rhinoceroses, mammoths, and elephants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Also to Ceylon, specially for elephants' tusks. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
We have already noted the name of King Porus whom, in spite of his elephants, Alexander defeated and turned into a satrap. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.