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单词 Piltdown man
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Definition of Piltdown man in English:

Piltdown man

nounˈpɪltdaʊnˈpiltdoun ˌman
  • A fraudulent fossil composed of a human cranium and an ape jaw, allegedly discovered near Lewes in East Sussex and presented in 1912 as a genuine hominid of the early Pleistocene, but shown to be a hoax in 1953.

    皮尔当人(由人的头盖骨和猿猴的颌骨组成的假化石,声称发现于东苏塞克斯的刘易斯市附近,1912年被当作更新世早期真的原始人类化石展示于众,但于1953年被发现是个骗局)

Origin

Piltdown, the name of a village in Sussex.

Definition of Piltdown man in US English:

Piltdown man

nounˈpiltdoun ˌman
  • A fraudulent fossil composed of a human cranium and an ape jaw, allegedly discovered in England and presented in 1912 as a genuine hominid of the early Pleistocene, but shown to be a hoax in 1953.

    皮尔当人(由人的头盖骨和猿猴的颌骨组成的假化石,声称发现于东苏塞克斯的刘易斯市附近,1912年被当作更新世早期真的原始人类化石展示于众,但于1953年被发现是个骗局)

Origin

Piltdown, the name of a village in Sussex.

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