sauropods

sauropods

美 　英

• adj.蜥脚类亚目的
• n.蜥脚类亚目动物
• 网络蜥脚类恐龙；食草蜥脚龙；蜥形类动物

词形变化

复数：sauropods  

英汉解释

n.	1. 蜥脚类亚目动物
adj.	1. 蜥脚类亚目的

英英解释

n.	1. a gigantic plant-eating dinosaur that had a long neck and tail and a small head.
adj.	1. relating to the sauropods

例句

The debate on how sauropods held their necks will no doubt go on, but I think the scientists put forth a pretty strong argument.

关于腕龙是怎样伸展脖子的讨论会一直进行下去，但我认为科学家已经提出了一项有力的证据。

This has been a puzzle for scientists wondering how gigantic plant-eating dinosaurs known as sauropods got to be so big.

这个问题之前一直困扰着科学家们，他们想知道被称为蜥脚动物的大型食草恐龙如何会长成这样的长颈巨兽。

For years now, paleontologists have been debating about how gigantic plant-eating dinosaurs, known as sauropods, held their long necks.

多年来，古生物学家一直在讨论，像蜥脚类动物这样的大型食草恐龙是以什么方式昂着脖子的。

British scientists have calculated the methane output of sauropods, including the species known as Brontosaurus.

于是英国科学家计算出梁龙、雷龙所排出的甲烷有多少。

It argues that giant sauropods most probably preferred to feed horizontally, rather than vertically, on the grounds of energy cost.

根据能量消耗的理由，论文指出庞大的蜥脚类动物更有可能倾向于水平进食，而不是垂直进食。

At up to 92 feet (28 meters) and 50 tons, these sauropods (large, herbivorous dinosaurs) were much larger than any land animal alive today.

在高达92英尺（28米）和50吨，这些蜥蜴类动物（大，草食性恐龙）要远远大于任何陆地上今天活着的动物。

So I picked a Camarasaurus, because the Camarasaurus was the most abundant of the sauropods in North America.

所以我选择了圆顶龙，因为圆顶龙是在北美最常见的蜥脚下目恐龙。

(spoon-shaped) teeth were capable of processing tougher plant material than some other sauropods (such as Diplodocus).

牠们的牙齿长、呈匙状，与其他蜥脚类恐龙相比（例如梁龙），更能处理较坚硬的植物。

These were the giants called sauropods.

这些都是蜥脚类的、巨大的生物。

As Seymour says, "Let's just leave it there and not ask the sauropods to raise their necks. "

就像西摩说的：“就让我们暂时停止异议吧，别让它们抬起那长长的脖子。”