living fossil
基本解释
- [生物] 活化石;落後於時代的人
英汉例句
- This tree on the Tokyo University campus is, like all gingkos, a living fossil.
東京大學校園內的這種樹木,就像裡麪所有的銀杏,是一種活的化石。 - Instead of finding a “living fossil” identical to an ancient beast, they have found a real fossil identical to a modern one.
他們不是找到了一個與古獸相同的“活化石”,而是找到了一個跟現代獸類相同的真正化石。 - Scientists call it a "living fossil" because it has probably been thriving since earliest oceans were formed millions of years ago.
科學家們將它稱作“活化石”,因爲它很可能在數百萬年前最早的海洋形成時就已經生長繁盛。 - Also in the Mediterranean, a team of census-takers discovered a living fossil.
- Forty spacecraft have been sent there, and not one has found a single fossil or living thing.
NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers - There is a fossil dealer living in Japan named Hollis Butts.
NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention - The other, located largely in the southeast, Texas and the Heartland, makes its living in more traditional industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to fossil fuel development.
FORBES: In Keystone XL Rejection, We See Two Americas At War With Each Other
雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- living g fossil 活化石
- living fossil plants 活化石植物
- living fossil gymnosperm 活化石裸子植物
- living fossil plant 活化石植物
短語
英英字典
- an animal or plant, such as the coelacanth and ginkgo, belonging to a group most of whose members are extinct
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专业释义
- 活化石
- 活化石