theropod

theropod什么意思,theropod翻译

基本解释

n.: 【古生物】兽脚亚目 动物
网络: 兽脚类恐龙；兽脚亚目食肉恐龙；兽足龙类

英汉解释

• 【古生物学】兽脚亚目动物〔如恐龙〕

词性分析

• 复数：theropods

例句

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

  它属于驰龙科一员，是一种类似鸟类的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，在白垩纪繁盛一时。

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

  但它显然是一只体型不大却性情凶猛的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，有点像《侏罗纪公园》里在厨房追逐孩子们的那种迅猛龙。

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

  在那样一种环境下，即便是一头巨大的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙也会不时回头张望。

• 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，许多食肉恐龙的特征并不是很明显，例如：要么在嘴的前部有“钉状牙齿”，要么就根本没有牙齿。

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

  古生物学家正在对鸟类的兽脚亚目最近亲进行仔细研究，以寻找这种转化的线索。

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

  而现在我们则必须承认，所谓的鸟类是指一群有羽毛、演化出飞翔能力的兽足类恐龙。

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

  这是一种兽脚亚目肉食恐龙。

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

  但这并不能完全解释兽脚亚目食肉恐龙的缺位。

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

  许多食肉恐龙带有鸟类特征：可于陆地上行走，通常都长有羽毛，这类恐龙更喜食树叶和草。

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

  然而，这个兽足类巨大化理论最有力的支持，却来自对霸王龙身世的了解。