dinosaur

英 [ˈdaɪnəsɔː(r)]

美 [ˈdaɪnəsɔːr]

n.  恐龙; 守旧落伍的人; 过时落后的东西

复数：dinosaurs　

高考TOEFLTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7298 / COCA.5326

牛津词典

noun

• 恐龙
  an animal that lived millions of years ago but is now extinct (= it no longer exists) . There were many types of dinosaur , some of which were very large.
• 守旧落伍的人；过时落后的东西
  a person or thing that is old-fashioned and cannot change in the changing conditions of modern life

柯林斯词典

• 恐龙
  Dinosaurswere large reptiles which lived in prehistoric times.
• N-COUNT 庞大臃肿的机构;过时的庞然大物
  If you refer to an organization as adinosaur, you mean that it is large, inefficient, and out of date.
  1. ...industrial dinosaurs.
     庞大陈旧的工业体系

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era

双语例句

• The dinosaur became extinct before the appearance of man.
  恐龙在人类出现以前就灭绝了。
• China may be a behemoth, but it is not a dinosaur.
  中国或许是个庞然大物，但它不是一只恐龙。
• These could only have been made after the dinosaur was dead.
  这些深层牙印只有等恐龙死了时候才有可能被留下。
• In Alberta and Saskatchewan there are many hills where dinosaur bones were found.
  亚伯达和萨斯喀彻温省的许多山区发现了恐龙化石。
• I have two eyes and I can see a big dinosaur in the garden.
  我有两只眼睛我可以看到一只大恐龙在花园里。
• But some plants and animals DID survive through the period of dinosaur extinction.
  但是一些动植物确实在恐龙灭绝期间幸存下来了。
• You had George Washington fighting a dinosaur.
  你让乔治华盛顿和恐龙搏斗！
• The cause of dinosaur's becoming extinct remains a mystery.
  恐龙灭绝的原因仍然是个谜。
• Collect dinosaur fossils and skeletons, paleontology, and geology.
  收藏恐龙的化石和古骼、古生物学及地质学。
• Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province.
  不久前，在辽宁省的朝阳县新发现了一种罕见的、形状像鸟一样的恐龙。