Definition of fossil in English:

fossil

noun ˈfɒs(ə)lˈfɒsɪlˈfɑsəl

1The remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
化石
sites rich in fossils
as modifier a fossil fish
Example sentencesExamples
- Scientific testing has determined that the oldest dinosaur fossils are hundreds of millions of years old.
- Two years ago, scientists described 5-million-year-old albatross fossils representing five different species.
- The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils.
- During that time new hominid fossils have been discovered in Africa.
- Very few dinosaur fossils are actually found near this boundary.
- Consider three separately discovered archaic Homo sapiens fossils dating to around 150,000 years ago.
- Until recently, however, no sponge body fossils had been identified or described from this fauna.
- Pasting on a fake smile, I nodded fervently, no longer eager to study silly fossils of dead organisms.
- Carboniferous and Permian strata often contain useful index fossils belonging to this group.
- Other marine trace fossils, together with marine bivalves, have been described from the unit as a whole.
- Most geologists are familiar with the occurrence of plant compression fossils in bedded sedimentary rocks.
- All of these sites have yielded remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils, in large part due to rapid burial.
- Li and Ding interpreted such structures as metazoan trace fossils.
- Almost no dinosaur fossils have been found from that time, particularly in North America.
- Shallow marine invertebrate fossils occur throughout the formation, but are mainly concentrated in four broad intervals.
- Then we use the dating of a recently discovered hominid fossil as a calibration point.
- Marine rocks commonly contain plant fossils but they are outnumbered by more common and spectacular shelly invertebrate fossils.
- I decided that my own role could be to collect plant fossils for their research and museum collections.
- There is an abundance of shelly animal fossils.
- The oldest true vertebrate fossils date back 530 million years.
Synonyms
petrified remains, petrified impression, cast, impression, mould, remnant, relic
Geology reliquiae
1. 1.1derogatory, humorous A person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change.
  he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times
  他有时会是个难对付的老顽固。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Who would take care of that crazy old fossil then?
  Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over.
  For those of you who are surprised that a grumpy old fossil like me actually works on a computer, it is all t'Editor's fault.
  Synonyms
  fogey, old fogey, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, diehard, conformist, bourgeois, museum piece, dinosaur, troglodyte
2. 1.2 A word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry.
  习语中保持的旧词（或短语）（如 hue and cry中的hue）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Old words become linguistic fossils as new words replace them in response to events and developments in a rapidly changing world.
  A plaintiff, therefore, was originally just a person who made a complaint, but the word became a fossil of legal terminology many centuries ago.
  It has usually been represented in ModE by gh, leaving its silent fossils in such words as dough, night, through, thought, thorough.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis 'dug up', from fodere 'dig'.

Fossils are the petrified remains of ancient or prehistoric creatures that are dug up, and fossil comes from Latin fodere ‘to dig’. It was originally used for a fossilized fish which was found in the earth. In those days before the theory of evolution people believed that it had lived underground too. The use of the word for a person or organization seen as outdated or resistant to change is found from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

apostle, colossal, dossal, glossal, jostle, throstle

Definition of fossil in US English:

fossil

nounˈfäsəlˈfɑsəl

1The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
化石
Example sentencesExamples
- Until recently, however, no sponge body fossils had been identified or described from this fauna.
- During that time new hominid fossils have been discovered in Africa.
- Shallow marine invertebrate fossils occur throughout the formation, but are mainly concentrated in four broad intervals.
- Marine rocks commonly contain plant fossils but they are outnumbered by more common and spectacular shelly invertebrate fossils.
- Almost no dinosaur fossils have been found from that time, particularly in North America.
- Scientific testing has determined that the oldest dinosaur fossils are hundreds of millions of years old.
- Then we use the dating of a recently discovered hominid fossil as a calibration point.
- Very few dinosaur fossils are actually found near this boundary.
- Most geologists are familiar with the occurrence of plant compression fossils in bedded sedimentary rocks.
- There is an abundance of shelly animal fossils.
- The oldest true vertebrate fossils date back 530 million years.
- Pasting on a fake smile, I nodded fervently, no longer eager to study silly fossils of dead organisms.
- Consider three separately discovered archaic Homo sapiens fossils dating to around 150,000 years ago.
- Li and Ding interpreted such structures as metazoan trace fossils.
- Two years ago, scientists described 5-million-year-old albatross fossils representing five different species.
- All of these sites have yielded remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils, in large part due to rapid burial.
- I decided that my own role could be to collect plant fossils for their research and museum collections.
- The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils.
- Other marine trace fossils, together with marine bivalves, have been described from the unit as a whole.
- Carboniferous and Permian strata often contain useful index fossils belonging to this group.
Synonyms
petrified remains, petrified impression, cast, impression, mould, remnant, relic
1. 1.1humorous, derogatory A person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change.
  he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times
  他有时会是个难对付的老顽固。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over.
  Who would take care of that crazy old fossil then?
  For those of you who are surprised that a grumpy old fossil like me actually works on a computer, it is all t'Editor's fault.
  Synonyms
  fogey, old fogey, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, diehard, conformist, bourgeois, museum piece, dinosaur, troglodyte
2. 1.2 A word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry.
  习语中保持的旧词（或短语）（如 hue and cry中的hue）
  Example sentencesExamples
  It has usually been represented in ModE by gh, leaving its silent fossils in such words as dough, night, through, thought, thorough.
  A plaintiff, therefore, was originally just a person who made a complaint, but the word became a fossil of legal terminology many centuries ago.
  Old words become linguistic fossils as new words replace them in response to events and developments in a rapidly changing world.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, from fodere ‘dig’.

单词	fossil
释义	Definition of fossil in English: fossil noun ˈfɒs(ə)lˈfɒsɪlˈfɑsəl 1The remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form. 化石 sites rich in fossils as modifier a fossil fish Example sentencesExamples Scientific testing has determined that the oldest dinosaur fossils are hundreds of millions of years old. Two years ago, scientists described 5-million-year-old albatross fossils representing five different species. The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils. During that time new hominid fossils have been discovered in Africa. Very few dinosaur fossils are actually found near this boundary. Consider three separately discovered archaic Homo sapiens fossils dating to around 150,000 years ago. Until recently, however, no sponge body fossils had been identified or described from this fauna. Pasting on a fake smile, I nodded fervently, no longer eager to study silly fossils of dead organisms. Carboniferous and Permian strata often contain useful index fossils belonging to this group. Other marine trace fossils, together with marine bivalves, have been described from the unit as a whole. Most geologists are familiar with the occurrence of plant compression fossils in bedded sedimentary rocks. All of these sites have yielded remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils, in large part due to rapid burial. Li and Ding interpreted such structures as metazoan trace fossils. Almost no dinosaur fossils have been found from that time, particularly in North America. Shallow marine invertebrate fossils occur throughout the formation, but are mainly concentrated in four broad intervals. Then we use the dating of a recently discovered hominid fossil as a calibration point. Marine rocks commonly contain plant fossils but they are outnumbered by more common and spectacular shelly invertebrate fossils. I decided that my own role could be to collect plant fossils for their research and museum collections. There is an abundance of shelly animal fossils. The oldest true vertebrate fossils date back 530 million years. Synonyms petrified remains, petrified impression, cast, impression, mould, remnant, relic Geology reliquiae 1.1derogatory, humorous A person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change. he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times 他有时会是个难对付的老顽固。 Example sentencesExamples Who would take care of that crazy old fossil then? Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over. For those of you who are surprised that a grumpy old fossil like me actually works on a computer, it is all t'Editor's fault. Synonyms fogey, old fogey, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, diehard, conformist, bourgeois, museum piece, dinosaur, troglodyte 1.2 A word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry. 习语中保持的旧词（或短语）（如 hue and cry中的hue） Example sentencesExamples Old words become linguistic fossils as new words replace them in response to events and developments in a rapidly changing world. A plaintiff, therefore, was originally just a person who made a complaint, but the word became a fossil of legal terminology many centuries ago. It has usually been represented in ModE by gh, leaving its silent fossils in such words as dough, night, through, thought, thorough. Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis 'dug up', from fodere 'dig'. Fossils are the petrified remains of ancient or prehistoric creatures that are dug up, and fossil comes from Latin fodere ‘to dig’. It was originally used for a fossilized fish which was found in the earth. In those days before the theory of evolution people believed that it had lived underground too. The use of the word for a person or organization seen as outdated or resistant to change is found from the mid 19th century. Rhymes apostle, colossal, dossal, glossal, jostle, throstle Definition of fossil in US English: fossil nounˈfäsəlˈfɑsəl 1The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. 化石 Example sentencesExamples Until recently, however, no sponge body fossils had been identified or described from this fauna. During that time new hominid fossils have been discovered in Africa. Shallow marine invertebrate fossils occur throughout the formation, but are mainly concentrated in four broad intervals. Marine rocks commonly contain plant fossils but they are outnumbered by more common and spectacular shelly invertebrate fossils. Almost no dinosaur fossils have been found from that time, particularly in North America. Scientific testing has determined that the oldest dinosaur fossils are hundreds of millions of years old. Then we use the dating of a recently discovered hominid fossil as a calibration point. Very few dinosaur fossils are actually found near this boundary. Most geologists are familiar with the occurrence of plant compression fossils in bedded sedimentary rocks. There is an abundance of shelly animal fossils. The oldest true vertebrate fossils date back 530 million years. Pasting on a fake smile, I nodded fervently, no longer eager to study silly fossils of dead organisms. Consider three separately discovered archaic Homo sapiens fossils dating to around 150,000 years ago. Li and Ding interpreted such structures as metazoan trace fossils. Two years ago, scientists described 5-million-year-old albatross fossils representing five different species. All of these sites have yielded remarkably preserved Cambrian fossils, in large part due to rapid burial. I decided that my own role could be to collect plant fossils for their research and museum collections. The decapod fossils are preserved in remarkable detail as molds and as body fossils. Other marine trace fossils, together with marine bivalves, have been described from the unit as a whole. Carboniferous and Permian strata often contain useful index fossils belonging to this group. Synonyms petrified remains, petrified impression, cast, impression, mould, remnant, relic 1.1humorous, derogatory A person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change. he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times 他有时会是个难对付的老顽固。 Example sentencesExamples Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over. Who would take care of that crazy old fossil then? For those of you who are surprised that a grumpy old fossil like me actually works on a computer, it is all t'Editor's fault. Synonyms fogey, old fogey, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, diehard, conformist, bourgeois, museum piece, dinosaur, troglodyte 1.2 A word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry. 习语中保持的旧词（或短语）（如 hue and cry中的hue） Example sentencesExamples It has usually been represented in ModE by gh, leaving its silent fossils in such words as dough, night, through, thought, thorough. A plaintiff, therefore, was originally just a person who made a complaint, but the word became a fossil of legal terminology many centuries ago. Old words become linguistic fossils as new words replace them in response to events and developments in a rapidly changing world. Origin Mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, from fodere ‘dig’.
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