English Dictionary

elephant trunk

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk. / (astronomy) An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

The elephant used its trunk to pick up the food.

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk.

意味（2）

(astronomy) An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

However, the behaviour of the molecular emission in elephant trunks and cometary globules clearly indicated the presence of neighbouring massive stars […]