单词 | elasmosaurus |
释义 | elasmosaurusn. Palaeontology. An extinct marine reptile. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > elasmosaurus elasmosaurus1879 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 359/2 One of the most extraordinary of these reptilian forms was the Elasmosaurus—a huge snake-like form 40 feet long, with slim arrow-shaped head on a swan-like neck rising 20 feet out of the water. 1889 Cent. Dict. Elasmosaur. 1924 Glasgow Herald 5 July 4 One of them, Elasmosaurus, seems to have been 45 feet in length, half consisting of neck. 1961 Observer 28 May 30/5 Loch Ness contains the answer to the sea-serpent problem..a relict population of Elasmosaurs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。