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

1nadj 2n

Fossils are the really, really old remains of a plant or animal — so old they've turned to stone. Fossil is also an insult for an old or old-fashioned person.

Fossils are very important to scientists who study animals: they're one of the ways we learn about the beasts and critters of the past. A fossil is an imprint of the bones of that animal in rock or stone. If you see a reconstruction of a dinosaur in a museum, scientists used fossils to figure out how it should look. Also, calling someone a fossil is like calling them a geezer or old fogey. It's not a compliment.

WORD FAMILY

fossil: fossilise, fossilist, fossilize, fossils, microfossil+/fossilise: fossilisation, fossilised, fossilising/fossilize: fossilization, fossilized, fossilizes, fossilizing/microfossil: microfossils

USAGE EXAMPLES

At the same time, for their role in driving this climate change, fossil fuels are increasingly becoming fuel source non-grata.

Salon(Jan 02, 2017)

This reflects economic pressures felt within the fossil fuel energy sector itself.

Salon(Jan 02, 2017)

From air and quite a lot of fossil fuels.

BBC(Jan 01, 2017)

1n the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

Hypo|Hyper

fucoid

a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales

belemnite

a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae

ammonite, ammonoid

one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks

guide fossil, index fossil

a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found

microfossil

a fossil that must be studied microscopically

wormcast

fossil trail of a worm

remains

any object that is left unused or still extant

2adj characteristic of a fossil

n someone whose style is out of fashion

Syn|Hyper

dodo, fogey, fogy

golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen

an elderly person

单词	fossil
释义	fossil (once / 681 pages) 1nadj 2n Fossils are the really, really old remains of a plant or animal — so old they've turned to stone. Fossil is also an insult for an old or old-fashioned person. Fossils are very important to scientists who study animals: they're one of the ways we learn about the beasts and critters of the past. A fossil is an imprint of the bones of that animal in rock or stone. If you see a reconstruction of a dinosaur in a museum, scientists used fossils to figure out how it should look. Also, calling someone a fossil is like calling them a geezer or old fogey. It's not a compliment. WORD FAMILY fossil: fossilise, fossilist, fossilize, fossils, microfossil+/fossilise: fossilisation, fossilised, fossilising/fossilize: fossilization, fossilized, fossilizes, fossilizing/microfossil: microfossils USAGE EXAMPLES At the same time, for their role in driving this climate change, fossil fuels are increasingly becoming fuel source non-grata. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) This reflects economic pressures felt within the fossil fuel energy sector itself. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) From air and quite a lot of fossil fuels. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil Hypo\|Hyper fucoid a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales belemnite a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae ammonite, ammonoid one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks guide fossil, index fossil a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found microfossil a fossil that must be studied microscopically wormcast fossil trail of a worm remains any object that is left unused or still extant 2adj characteristic of a fossil 2 n someone whose style is out of fashion Syn\|Hyper dodo, fogey, fogy golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen an elderly person
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