dinosaur

Word family nounDinocerasdinomaniaDinornisdinosaurdinotheredinoturbationadjectivedinosauriandinosauric

Related topics: Animals, Earth sciences

di·no·saur /ˈdaɪnəsɔː $ -sɔːr/ noun [countableC]

1. HBAHEone of a group of reptiles that lived millions of years ago 恐龙

2 informalOLD-FASHIONED someone or something that is old-fashioned and no longer effective or suitable for modern times 守旧落伍的人；过时落后的东西

lengthy speeches by some of the party’s dinosaurs

该政党那些老古董冗长的发言

Examples from the Corpus

dinosaur• The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.• The Maine dam is a dinosaur which should be removed.• Some people at work are dinosaurs, some are dragons, and some are both.• Today the Opposition revealed themselves as dinosaurs because they acted as mere apologists for the old established order.• The site, which abuts the Carson National Forest, is rich in dinosaur bones.• Examples of the two major kinds of dinosaurs, showing the structure of the hip bones which distinguishes them.• Pictures of dinosaurs popped up in Jurassic Park.• Today they are out doing an excavation, looking for whatever is down there in conjunction with their theme on dinosaurs.• The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago.• Some of the dinosaurs of heavy metal music will be on tour this summer.• Extrapolating this knowledge to a 10-ton dinosaur, they calculated that a one-degree rise in body temperature would take some 86 hours.

Origin dinosaur

(1800-1900) Greek deinos “terrible” + sauros “lizard”

单词	dinosaur
释义	dinosaur Word family nounDinocerasdinomaniaDinornisdinosaurdinotheredinoturbationadjectivedinosauriandinosauric Related topics: Animals, Earth sciences di·no·saur /ˈdaɪnəsɔː $ -sɔːr/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1. HBAHEone of a group of reptiles that lived millions of years ago 恐龙 2 informalOLD-FASHIONED someone or something that is old-fashioned and no longer effective or suitable for modern times 守旧落伍的人；过时落后的东西 lengthy speeches by some of the party’s dinosaurs 该政党那些老古董冗长的发言 Examples from the Corpus dinosaur• The Health Service has become a dinosaur. It needs radical reform if it is to survive.• The Maine dam is a dinosaur which should be removed.• Some people at work are dinosaurs, some are dragons, and some are both.• Today the Opposition revealed themselves as dinosaurs because they acted as mere apologists for the old established order.• The site, which abuts the Carson National Forest, is rich in dinosaur bones.• Examples of the two major kinds of dinosaurs, showing the structure of the hip bones which distinguishes them.• Pictures of dinosaurs popped up in Jurassic Park.• Today they are out doing an excavation, looking for whatever is down there in conjunction with their theme on dinosaurs.• The line-up includes a number of rock-n-roll dinosaurs who should have hung up their guitars long ago.• Some of the dinosaurs of heavy metal music will be on tour this summer.• Extrapolating this knowledge to a 10-ton dinosaur, they calculated that a one-degree rise in body temperature would take some 86 hours. Origin dinosaur (1800-1900) Greek deinos “terrible” + sauros “lizard”
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