tyrannosaurusn.

/tɪˌranəʊˈsɔːrəs/

Forms: Also tyˈrannosaur.

Etymology: modern Latin (H. F. Osborn 1905, in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXI. 259), < tyranno- comb. form + Greek σαῦρος lizard.

1. A large bipedal dinosaur of the genus of the same name, known from fossil remains found in North America. Also figurative.

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Tyrannosaurus rex1906

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is

Typhon?1592

coloss1597

Titan1611

colossus1646

Patagonian1767

mammoth1824

enormity1825

mastodon1850

prodigiosity1895

tyrannosaurus1957

1906 H. F. Osborn in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXII. 281 (heading) Tyrannosaurus, Upper Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaur.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 240 The Tyrannosaur [was adapted] for preying on large animals.

1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xiii. 314 The Tyrannosaurus..stood over twenty feet high.

1934 Discovery July 210/1 The tank-like Ankylosaurus, ‘the most ponderous animated citadel the world has ever seen’, had only to squat tight to defy even Tyrannosaurus.

1957 L. Eiseley Immense Journey 64 Tyrannosaurs, enormous bipedal caricatures of men, would stalk mindlessly across the sites of future cities.

1984 J. Wain in Listener 23 Aug. 37/1 Peter Ustinov and Alec McCowen play two 19th-century American railroad barons—Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould... The two tyrannosaurs fought to a standstill.

2. Tyrannosaurus rex n. the only species of the genus Tyrannosaurus; also figurative.

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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of order Theropoda > coelurosaur > tyrannosaurus

tyrannosaurus1906

Tyrannosaurus rex1906

1906 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22 284 Tyrannosaurus rex... The complete skeleton of this animal is restored.

1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play viii. 56 A stupid, feudal autocrat..who believes in the divine right of all Kings, starting with tyrannosaurus rex.

1976 ‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die xxiv. 150 A crane, fancifully recognisable to him as an orange-painted Tyrannosaurus Rex, towered above a metal-crushing plant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tyrannosaurus
释义	tyrannosaurusn. /tɪˌranəʊˈsɔːrəs/ Forms: Also tyˈrannosaur. Etymology: modern Latin (H. F. Osborn 1905, in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXI. 259), < tyranno- comb. form + Greek σαῦρος lizard. 1. A large bipedal dinosaur of the genus of the same name, known from fossil remains found in North America. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of order Theropoda > coelurosaur > tyrannosaurus tyrannosaurus1906 Tyrannosaurus rex1906 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness > that which is Typhon?1592 coloss1597 Titan1611 colossus1646 Patagonian1767 mammoth1824 enormity1825 mastodon1850 prodigiosity1895 tyrannosaurus1957 1906 H. F. Osborn in Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XXII. 281 (heading) Tyrannosaurus, Upper Cretaceous carnivorous dinosaur. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xi. 240 The Tyrannosaur [was adapted] for preying on large animals. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. xiii. 314 The Tyrannosaurus..stood over twenty feet high. 1934 Discovery July 210/1 The tank-like Ankylosaurus, ‘the most ponderous animated citadel the world has ever seen’, had only to squat tight to defy even Tyrannosaurus. 1957 L. Eiseley Immense Journey 64 Tyrannosaurs, enormous bipedal caricatures of men, would stalk mindlessly across the sites of future cities. 1984 J. Wain in Listener 23 Aug. 37/1 Peter Ustinov and Alec McCowen play two 19th-century American railroad barons—Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jay Gould... The two tyrannosaurs fought to a standstill. 2. Tyrannosaurus rex n. the only species of the genus Tyrannosaurus; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [noun] > Sauria > order Saurischia > member of order Theropoda > coelurosaur > tyrannosaurus tyrannosaurus1906 Tyrannosaurus rex1906 1906 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22 284 Tyrannosaurus rex... The complete skeleton of this animal is restored. 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play viii. 56 A stupid, feudal autocrat..who believes in the divine right of all Kings, starting with tyrannosaurus rex. 1976 ‘J. Ross’ I know what it's like to Die xxiv. 150 A crane, fancifully recognisable to him as an orange-painted Tyrannosaurus Rex, towered above a metal-crushing plant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1906
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