theropods

theropods

美 　英

• n.【古生物】獸腳亞目 動物
• 網絡獸足目；獸足亞目；獸腳類

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

Theropods in particular would have had a tough time escaping, since the dinosaurs used only their hind legs for locomotion, Eberth said.

獸腳亞目恐龍在逃跑時會特別困難，因為這種恐龍只使用后腿運動，艾伯斯說。

The three-year-old boy held the stuffed dinosaur at arm's length. "Theropods only have three toes, " he said.

這個三歲的男孩遠遠地拿著絨毛恐龍說道：“獸腳龍只有三根腳趾。”

Most theropods, like the one found in Spain, are meat-eaters, though some were omnivores.

如在西班牙發現的這種，大部分獸腳類恐龍都是肉食者，也有一些是雜食者。

One theory is that theropods developed an omnivorous diet to help them exploit new habitats as the continents broke up.

一種理論認為，當大洲分裂時，食肉恐龍進化成雜食性動物，這有助于他們尋找到新的棲息地。

Four Winged Feathered Dinosaurs called Theropods have been found; these are considered to be the missing link between dinosaurs and birds.

四翼獸腳類恐龍有羽毛恐龍的發現了所謂的，這些被認為是失蹤的恐龍和鳥類之間的聯系。

The findings challenge the conventional view that almost all theropods hunted prey, especially those closest to their descendants, birds.

該研究結果對傳統的觀點發起了挑戰，傳統觀點認為，幾乎所有的食肉恐龍捕食的都是與獵物自身最接近的后代--鳥類。

Theropods were early winged and feathered dinosaurs that walked mainly on their hind legs and were incapable of flight.

獸腳亞目食肉恐龍是早期的有翼和羽的恐龍，其主要靠后足行走且不會飛行。

Theropods are mainly known from the ancient southern landmass, Gondwana.

獸腳類主要產自遠古的南方大陸——岡瓦納古陸。

In the theropods that were closely related to living birds, a particular wrist bone was wedge-shaped, allowing them to bend their hands.

在與現代鳥類親緣關系較為接近的獸腳亞目恐龍身上存在一塊特殊的楔形腕骨，正是這塊腕骨的存在它們的前肢才能得以彎曲。

The three types of dinosaurs, Troodon, Oviraptor and Citipati, lived roughly 75 million years ago and were theropods .

圖東龍、奧瑞普特龍和絲提帕蒂龍這三種龍生存在七千五百萬年前，是食肉恐龍。

Theropods are a very important group of dinosaurs because it is from this group that birds are known to originate.

獸腳類是恐龍家族很重要的一支，鳥類就是從它們中起源的。

Just like British actors in American film, poor theropods always end up playing the bad guys.

就像英國演員在美國電影里那樣，可憐的恐龍總是壞角色。