dinosaur

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdaɪnəsɔː(ɹ)/    美 /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. usually
    — Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
  2. Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, including its sole surviving lineage: Neornithes.
    — Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.
  3. Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon. broadly,informal,proscribed
    — Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!
  4. Someone or something that is very old or old-fashioned, especially someone who is not willing to change and adapt. colloquial,figuratively
    — She may be a tough old bird, but it's a mistake to write her off as a dinosaur; you do so at your own risk.
  5. Anything no longer in common use or practice. colloquial,figuratively
    — I couldn't believe it when I saw the equipment that they were still using. Those machines were all dinosaurs, but they were busily cranking out production.

词形变化

dinosaurs plural deinosaur alternative,archaic Dinosaur alternative dinosaurus alternative

词汇关系

近义词
dinosaur
上位词
archosaur reptile vertebrate animal
下位词
velociraptor Edmontosaurus parasaurolophus ankylosaurus Stegosaurus apatosaurus brachiosaurus Triceratops tyrannosaurus
衍生词
avian dinosaur dinosaur-burner dinosauresque dinosaur hunter dinosaurian dinosauric dinosaurish dinosaur juice dinosaur kale dinosaurlike dinosauroid dinosaur oil dinosaurologist dinosaurology dinosaur plant duck-billed dinosaur Milo dinosaur non-avian dinosaur nondinosaur ostrich dinosaur pedosaur pinosaur -saur
相关词
:Category:Dinosaurs

词源

From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.
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