living fossil

living fossil读音音标

英 [ˈliviŋ ˈfɔsl]

美 [ˈlɪvɪŋ ˈfɑsəl]

living fossil意思解释

n.

活化石；

英英释义

A living fossil is a living species (or clade) of organism that appears to be similar to a species otherwise known only from fossils, typically with no close living relatives. Normally the similarity is only apparent, between two different species, one extinct, the other extant.

双语例句

用作名词(n.)I just like a moving fossil in this new century.我简直就是新时代的活化石。This article probed into the language origin of the Sibo nationality from the lively fossil angle of address name information.本文从地名信息的活化石角度探讨了锡伯族名称的语源。