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mastodon

英 ['mæstədɒn] 美 ['mæstə,dɑn]

解释

n. [古生] 乳齿象；庞然大物
adj. 巨大的；庞大的

※ 提供单词"mastodon"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

mastodon (n.): 1813, from Modern Latin genus name Mastodon (1806), coined by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832) from Greek mastos "breast" (see masto-) + -odon "tooth" (see tooth); so called from the nipple-like projections on the crowns of the extinct mammal's fossil molars. Related: Mastodontic.

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例句和用法

1. Okay , now the Mastodon is from the semi - late Jurassic period.: 接下来这头乳齿象是来自侏罗纪中后期.

2. Barney : Hi that's not a mastodon, its Fred singing.: 那可不是乳齿象, 是弗雷德在唱歌.

3. Isn't the mastodon from the Pliocene Epoch?: 乳齿象不是上新世的吗 ?

4. They hunted huge creatures like the mastodon, which were similar to the modern elephant.: 他们的捕食对象都是些庞然大物,比如跟现在的大象体型相似的乳齿象.

5. North American mastodon; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon.: 北美洲的乳齿象; 在一些分类中被当作猛犸而不是乳齿象.