di·no·saur
noun/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(r)/
/ˈdaɪnəsɔːr/
- 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.
Topics Animalsb2恐龙 - (disapproving) a person or thing that is old-fashioned and cannot change in the changing conditions of modern life
守旧落伍的人;过时落后的东西
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin dinosaurus, from Greek deinos ‘terrible’ + sauros ‘lizard’.