apatosaurus

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• n.謬龍（長頸長尾的巨型恐龍）
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)迷惑龍；雷龍；迷惑龍屬

詞形變化

復數(shù)：apatosauruses  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.

1. 雷龍屬

英英解釋

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.

迷惑龍是食草動物，它吃蕨類植物和樹葉。吃東西時，迷惑龍是整塊吞下去，一點兒也不嚼。

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

1903年，當發(fā)現(xiàn)有兩個不同的名字指代這一恐龍時，分類學家們將它重新命名。

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

這些動物是小型食草動物，極可能是巨型虛幻龍屬（一度被稱為“雷龍”）的祖先。

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

此外，他們還用上了關(guān)于另一種大型食草恐龍——雷龍的數(shù)據(jù)。

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

但是，即使只有“區(qū)區(qū)”18噸重，虛幻龍仍然會令人嘆為觀止。