elephants' graveyard

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place where, according to legend, older elephants instinctively direct themselves when they reach a certain age, in order to die alone.
  2. A place where lost objects or people end up, and from which there is no escape. broadly
    — John F. Williams, Paul Clifford. low rate, on the other hand may mean that the legal department is an "elephants' graveyard," from which no escape is possible.

词形变化

elephants' graveyards plural
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