apatosaurus

apatosaurus

美 [əˌpætə'sɔ:rəs] 　英 [əˌpætə'sɔ:rəs]

• n.谬龙（长颈长尾的巨型恐龙）
• 网络迷惑龙；雷龙；迷惑龙属

词形变化

复数：apatosauruses  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.

1. 雷龙属

英英解释

n.	1. a large plant-eating dinosaur that lived in North America during the Jurassic period and had a small head, short front legs, and a long neck and tail.

例句

The Apatosaurus was a plant eater. It ate ferns and tree leaves. It swallowed its food whole, it did not chew.

迷惑龙是食草动物，它吃蕨类植物和树叶。吃东西时，迷惑龙是整块吞下去，一点儿也不嚼。

Taxonomists renamed it Apatosaurus in 1903, when it was discovered that two different names referred to the same dinosaur.

1903年，当发现有两个不同的名字指代这一恐龙时，分类学家们将它重新命名。

These animals are small herbivores that are most likely the ancestors of the giant apatosaurus (once known as brontosaurus).

这些动物是小型食草动物，极可能是巨型虚幻龙属（一度被称为“雷龙”）的祖先。

The scientists also plugged in the numbers for Apatosaurus, another huge plant-eating dinosaur.

此外，他们还用上了关于另一种大型食草恐龙——雷龙的数据。

But even at a mere 18 tonnes, Apatosaurus would still have been an awesome sight.

但是，即使只有“区区”18吨重，虚幻龙仍然会令人叹为观止。