cổ tượng
Definition
- Noun:
- Mammoth: An extinct, large, hairy elephant-like mammal of the Ice Age, known for its long, curved tusks.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các nhà khảo cổ đã tìm thấy hóa thạch của một con cổ tượng. (Archaeologists found the fossil of a mammoth.)
- Cổ tượng là một loài vật khổng lồ thời tiền sử. (The mammoth was a gigantic prehistoric animal.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "cổ tượng" is a Sino-Vietnamese compound word, where "cổ" means ancient and "tượng" means elephant, literally translating to "ancient elephant." It is a precise, scientific term for the mammal.
Variants and Related Words
- Voi ma-mút: This is the more common, direct phonetic loanword from the English "mammoth." It is frequently used in everyday language and popular science.
- Bộ phim nói về cuộc sống của voi ma-mút. (The movie is about the life of mammoths.)
Synonyms
- Mammoth: The direct English equivalent.
- Woolly mammoth: A specific, well-known species of mammoth adapted to cold climates.
Related Idioms
- : (As gigantic as a mammoth) – An idiom used to describe something of immense size or scale.
- Công trình kiến trúc đó khổng lồ như cổ tượng. (That architectural structure is as gigantic as a mammoth.)