theropod

theropod

美 ['θ?r??p?d] 　英 ['θ??r?p?d]

• n.【古生物】獸腳亞目 動物
• 網絡獸腳類恐龍；獸腳亞目食肉恐龍；獸足龍類

詞形變化

復數：theropods  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【古生物】獸腳亞目 (Theropoda) 動物

英英解釋

n.	1. a carnivorous dinosaur with strong hind legs and short front limbs, e.g. a tyrannosaur or megalosaur.

例句

A member of the Dromaeosauridae of dinosaurs, it was a bird-like theropod dinosaur, which flourished during the Cretaceous Period.

它屬于馳龍科一員，是一種類似鳥類的獸腳亞目食肉恐龍，在白堊紀繁盛一時。

But it is clearly a small, vicious theropod similar to the velociraptors that chased the kids around the kitchen in Jurassic Park.

但它顯然是一只體型不大卻性情兇猛的獸腳亞目食肉恐龍，有點像《侏羅紀公園》里在廚房追逐孩子們的那種迅猛龍。

In that sort of environment even a big theropod would constantly have been looking over its shoulder.

在那樣一種環境下，即便是一頭巨大的獸腳亞目食肉恐龍也會不時回頭張望。

But many theropod dinosaurs have ambiguous features, such as peg-like teeth at the front of the mouth, or no teeth at all.

但是，許多食肉恐龍的特征并不是很明顯，例如：要么在嘴的前部有“釘狀牙齒”，要么就根本沒有牙齒。

Paleontologists are now carefully studying the closest theropod relatives of birds for clues to how this transition occurred.

古生物學家正在對鳥類的獸腳亞目最近親進行仔細研究，以尋找這種轉化的線索。

Now we must acknowledge that birds are a group of the feathered theropod dinosaurs that evolved the capacity of powered flight.

而現在我們則必須承認，所謂的鳥類是指一群有羽毛、演化出飛翔能力的獸足類恐龍。

The type of dinosaur that was found is known as a theropod.

這是一種獸腳亞目肉食恐龍。

But that does not completely explain the absence of theropod tracks.

但這并不能完全解釋獸腳亞目食肉恐龍的缺位。

Many 'theropod' dinosaurs, those with bird-like features which walked on two legs and often had feathers, preferred to eat leaves and grass.

許多食肉恐龍帶有鳥類特征：可于陸地上行走，通常都長有羽毛，這類恐龍更喜食樹葉和草。

The strongest support for this theory of theropod gigantism comes from what is known about the rise of T. rex, however.

然而，這個獸足類巨大化理論最有力的支持，卻來自對霸王龍身世的了解。

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur genus -- a meat-eating theropod in Yunnan.

科學家發現了一種新的恐龍屬，食肉獸腳類恐龍。

Instead of theropod footmarks, they found those of crocodilians.

他們發現的是鱷魚的足跡，而不是獸腳類的。

Scientists said they worked out the diet of 90 theropod species and found that a surprisingly large proportion were plant eaters.

科學家稱，他們研究了90份肉食性恐龍物種的食譜，并且得出了驚人的發現：這些恐龍大部分都是食草性的。

For example , the small theropod's upper leg, or femur or thigh bone, is particularly short in comparison to its lower leg and foot .

例如，小型食肉動物的大腿，或者大腿骨或者股骨，相比之下，它的小腿和腳特別的短！

The Discovery of Theropod Dinosaur Footprints from the Middle Jurassic Yima Formation of Yima County, Henan Province

河南省義馬縣中侏羅統義馬組獸腳類恐龍足印化石的發現及其意義