单词 | dinosaur |
释义 | dinosaur['dainəsɒ:]n. 恐龙 dinosaur di.no.saur AHD: [dº“n…-sôr”] D.J. [6da!n*7s%8]K.K. [6da!n*7s%r]n.(名词)1. Any of various extinct, often gigantic, carnivorous or herbivorous reptiles of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia that were chiefly terrestrial and existed during the Mesozoic era.恐龙:一种主要生活在中生代时期的陆栖动物,是庞大的食肉或食草爬行类动物,属龙盘目与鸟盘目,已绝种2. A relic of the past:恐龙遗骸:“living dinosaurs of the world of vegetation”(&b{John Olmsted})“植物界现存的恐龙”(约翰·奥姆斯特德)3. One that is hopelessly outmoded or unwieldy:类恐龙物:灭绝或庞大的动物:“The old, big-city teaching hospital is a dinosaur”(&b{Peggy Breault})“古老的大城市教学医院象是一个恐龙”(佩吉·布劳尔特)语源:1. Greek deinos [monstrous] 希腊语 deinos [庞大的] 2. Greek sauros [lizard] 希腊语 sauros [类似于蜥蜴的爬行动物] 继承用法:di”nosau“ric AHD: [-sôr“¹k] (形容词) |
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