dinosaur
Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and…Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
» I don't know anything about dinosaurs.
Я ничего не знаю о динозаврах.
Я нічого не знаю про динозаврів.
Значение
значений: 5(обычно)Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
Despite what some cartoons portray, no humans were around when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Dinosaurier, Dinosaurus, Dino
диноза́врdinozávr
диноза́врdynozávr
Any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, including its sole surviving lineage: Neornithes.
Many people love their backyard birds, but some of us may not realize that those feathery friends are also literally dinosaurs, in a biologically accurate sense of that word.
(шире, разговорное, proscribed)Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million years ago, as well as the stem-mammal Dimetrodon.
Pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, icthyosaurs — I don't know, they're all dinosaurs to me!
(разговорное, переносно)Someone or something that is very old or old-fashioned, especially someone who is not willing to change and adapt.
She may be a tough old bird, but it's a mistake to write her off as a dinosaur; you do so at your own risk.
(разговорное, переносно)Anything no longer in common use or practice.
I couldn't believe it when I saw the equipment that they were still using. Those machines were all dinosaurs, but they were busily cranking out production.
- any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
Примеры
предложений: 201I don't know anything about dinosaurs.
Я ничего не знаю о динозаврах.
ukЯ нічого не знаю про динозаврів.
Global climatic changes may have been responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Глобальные климатические изменения могут быть ответственны за вымирание динозавров.
Dinosaurs used to rule the earth.
Когда-то на Земле царили динозавры.
deDinosaurier beherrschten einst die Erde.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Динозавры вымерли давным-давно.
ukДинозаври вимерли дуже давно.
Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.
Динозавры давным-давно вымерли.
ukДинозаври вимерли дуже давно.
deDie Dinosaurier sind vor langer Zeit ausgestorben.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦροςFrom Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”). Coined as Dinosaur(s) and Dinosauria by paleontologist Richard Owen in 1841/1842.
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