elk: [OE] The Indo-European base *ol-, *elproduced a number of names for deerlike animals – Greek élaphos ‘stag’, for example, and Welsh elain ‘hind’, not to mention English eland. In its Germanic descendants, two main lines of development are evident: its extensions *olk- and *elk- produced respectively Germanic *algiz (whence Old Norse elgr) and Germanic *elkho(n)- (whence Old English colh).
It is not actually entirely clear which of these two is represented by modern English elk, which is first unequivocally recorded in the late 15th century. It is formally possible that it could be a survival of the Old English word, with its final /kh/ sound changed to /k/, but the long gap in the written record between Old English eolh and Middle English elk suggests that it could be an Old Norse borrowing. => eland
elk (n.)
late Old English elch, from Old Norse elgr or from an alteration of Old English elh, eolh (perhaps via French scribes), or possibly from Middle High German elch (OED's suggestion), all from Proto-Germanic *elkh- (source also of Old High German elaho). The modern word "is not the normal phonetic representative" of the Old English one [OED].
The Germanic words are related to the general word for "deer" in Balto-Slavic (such as Russian losu, Czech los; also see eland), from PIE *olki-, perhaps with reference to the reddish color from root *el- (2) "red, brown" (in animal and tree names); compare Sanskrit harina- "deer," from hari- "reddish-brown." Greek alke and Latin alces probably are Germanic loan-words. Applied to similar-looking but unrelated animals in North America. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks founded N.Y.C. 1868, originally a society of actors and writers.
雙語例句
1. I was close enough to the elk to hear its labored breathing.
我離那頭麋鹿非常近，能聽見它吃力的呼吸聲。
來自辭典例句
2. It was quite an Elk night.
真是我們兄弟會(huì)的盛會(huì).
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
3. To the north, ELK Mountain is another well - known landmark, about 100 miles distant.
在北邊, 埃爾克山脈是另一處著名的風(fēng)光, 大約有100英里遠(yuǎn).
來自英語晨讀30分（高三）
4. The refuge contains the largest wintering population of elk in the world.
這座庇護(hù)所有著世界上數(shù)量最大的冬季麋鹿群.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Picture 2, Elk Grove Chinese Association 10 th anniversary cake.