英语词汇“fossil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun

a relic, remnant, or representation of an organism that existed in a past geological age, or of the activity of such an organism, occurring in the form of mineralized bones, shells, etc, as casts, impressions, and moulds, and as frozen perfectly preserved organisms

(as modifier)

fossil insects

2. informal, derogatory

a person, idea, thing, etc, that is outdated or incapable of change

(as modifier)

fossil politicians

3. linguistics

a form once current but now appearing only in one or two special contexts, as for example stead, which is found now only in instead (of) and in phrases like in my stead

4. obsolete

any rock or mineral dug out of the earth

单词	fossil
释义	Word Frequency fossil (ˈfɒsəl) noun 1. a. a relic, remnant, or representation of an organism that existed in a past geological age, or of the activity of such an organism, occurring in the form of mineralized bones, shells, etc, as casts, impressions, and moulds, and as frozen perfectly preserved organisms b. (as modifier) fossil insects 2. informal, derogatory a. a person, idea, thing, etc, that is outdated or incapable of change b. (as modifier) fossil politicians 3. linguistics a form once current but now appearing only in one or two special contexts, as for example stead, which is found now only in instead (of) and in phrases like in my stead 4. obsolete any rock or mineral dug out of the earth Word origin C17: from Latin fossilis dug up, from fodere to dig
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