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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Plus, a line drawing of a diplodocus, the dinosaur from which Diplo takes his name.

Jon M. Gilbertson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2018 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet.

Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2017 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet.

Leonore Schick, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from diplo- diplo- + Greek dokós "beam, especially one supporting a roof or floor, bar" (perhaps, if original sense was "something receiving/accepting a load," nominal agentive derivative from déchesthai, dékesthai "to receive, welcome, accept," going back to an Indo-European verbal base *deḱ- "take up, accept, perceive"); so named from the double chevron bones forming part of the caudal vertebrae — more at decent

Note: The genus name was introduced by the American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-99) in "Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs. Part I," American Journal of Science and Arts, 3rd series, vol. 16, no. 95 (November, 1878), pp. 411-416. According to Marsh (p. 414), "It [Diplodocus] may be distinguished from the genera already known by the caudal vertebrae, which are elongated, deeply excavated below, and have double chevrons, with both anterior and posterior rami …To the last character, the generic name refers."

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

单词	diplodocus
释义	diplodocus noun di·plod·o·cus də-ˈplä-də-kəs dī- : any of a genus (Diplodocus) of large herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs of the Late Jurassic known from remains found in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Plus, a line drawing of a diplodocus, the dinosaur from which Diplo takes his name. Jon M. Gilbertson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2018 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2017 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2017 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2017 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. Leonore Schick, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2017 Although the replica of a diplodocus attained the status of an icon, the museum believed a real specimen better suited their mission to study and conserve the planet. Leonore Schick, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from New Latin, genus name, from diplo- diplo- + Greek dokós "beam, especially one supporting a roof or floor, bar" (perhaps, if original sense was "something receiving/accepting a load," nominal agentive derivative from déchesthai, dékesthai "to receive, welcome, accept," going back to an Indo-European verbal base deḱ- "take up, accept, perceive"); so named from the double chevron bones forming part of the caudal vertebrae — more at decent Note: The genus name was introduced by the American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-99) in "Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs. Part I," American Journal of Science and Arts,* 3rd series, vol. 16, no. 95 (November, 1878), pp. 411-416. According to Marsh (p. 414), "It [Diplodocus] may be distinguished from the genera already known by the caudal vertebrae, which are elongated, deeply excavated below, and have double chevrons, with both anterior and posterior rami …To the last character, the generic name refers." First Known Use 1884, in the meaning defined above
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diplodocus

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