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mastodon

英 ['mæstədɒn] 美['mæstə,dɑn]

n. [古生] 乳齿象；庞然大物
adj. 巨大的；庞大的

英英释义

1. extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth

实用场景例句

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.

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

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.

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.

She says they were only made for scenery - like the rhinoceros and the mastodon.: 她说,瀑布完全是为了点缀风景而存在的,犀牛和乳齿象也是一样.

双语例句

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.

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.