词汇 | pterodactyl |
释义 | pterodactyl Animalspter·o·dac·tyl /ˌterəˈdæktɪl $ -tl, -tɪl/ noun [countableC] HBAa large flying animal that lived many millions of years ago 翼手龙〔一种远古时期的动物〕 Examples from the Corpus pterodactyl• We have no way of knowing whether any other animals now extinct - pterodactyls perhaps? - also evolved the technology independently.• Some like dragons with wings, others great birds like pterodactyls.• The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes. (1800-1900) Modern Latin Greek pteron “wing” + daktylos “finger” |
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