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paleontologists ˌpeliənˈtɑːlədʒəsts COCA³²⁷⁵⁷BNC⁴⁷¹⁹⁵ 基本例句 n.古生物学者原型paleontologist的复数 Its integumentary filaments—long, thin structures protruding from its scaly skin— convinced most paleontologists that the animal was the first feathered dinosaur ever unearthed. 从鳞状皮肤突出的细长结构即皮肤衍生物让大多数古生物学家相信,中华龙鸟是古生物学家第一次发现长有羽毛的恐龙。 yeeyan Many of the creatures are so unlike modern forms that deciphering what they are and how they lived continues to challenge paleontologists. 化石中有些生物与现代生物形式迥异,要搞清这些生物是什么、习性如何,对古生物学家仍是个挑战。 yeeyan The whole business with the fossilized dinosaur skeletons was a joke the paleontologists haven't seen yet. 那些恐龙骨头是老头子和古生物学家们开的一个玩笑,只是他们到现在还不清楚而已。 yeeyan Actually, paleontologists know of many detailed examples of fossilsintermediate in form between various taxonomic groups. 实际上,古生物学家掌握了许多处于种群之间的过渡性物种的化石。 yeeyan But other Chinese paleontologists were convinced it was a dinosaur. 但其他中国古生物学家则认为它就是恐龙。 yeeyan But paleontologists have just determined that it's not a dinosaur at all. 然而古生物学家最近发现它根本就不是恐龙。 yeeyan For that reason, a small number of paleontologists believe the larger species probably had sex in the water, where the male's buoyancy would take some stress off his partner. 因此,少数古生物学家认为,那些体型庞大的恐龙很可能是在水中交配的,这样水的浮力可以减轻一些公龙压在母龙身上的重量。 yeeyan For years now, paleontologists have been debating about how gigantic plant-eating dinosaurs, known as sauropods, held their long necks. 多年来,古生物学家一直在讨论,像蜥脚类动物这样的大型食草恐龙是以什么方式昂着脖子的。 yeeyan For these reasons, many evolutionary biologists and paleontologists wonder if there is more to the story. 正因为这个缘故,不少拥护进化论的生物学家和古生物学家怀疑其中是否另有文章。 ecocn In 1996, Chinese paleontologists discovered an exquisitely preserved fossil of a miniature theropod, called Sinosauropteryx, that had whiskerlike structures on its head and back. 1996年,中国古生物学发现了一副保存完好的缩小版兽脚亚目恐龙骨架,被称作“中华龙鸟”,在它的头部和背部有一种胡须状的结构。 yeeyan Juvenile tyrannosaurs looked and behaved differently than adults did, so it's no wonder that paleontologists at first thought they belonged to an entirely new species. 幼年暴龙在外观和行为上都有别于成年暴龙,所以也难怪古生物学家当初会认为他们属于一个全新的物种了。 yeeyan Northeastern Thailand has become an important site for paleontologists in recent decades. 近几十年来,泰国东北部已成为古生物学家的重要研究场所。 yeeyan Now, this once- worrisome gap in the fossil record is a period of intense interest to geologists as well as paleontologists. 这个曾经令人头疼的化石空白期现在成为了地质学家和古生物学家共同的关注对象。 yeeyan Other paleontologists argued that birds did not evolve from dinosaurs— rather, their similarities derived from a shared common ancestor deeper in the past. 其他一些古生物学家认为鸟类并不是由恐龙进化而来——它们之间的相似性来自于更为远古的某个共同祖先。 yeeyan Other paleontologists say Berger’s fossils are a marvelous find. 其他的古生物学家说伯格尔的化石是一个非凡的发现。 yeeyan Scientists who hunt for these viruses think of themselves as paleontologists searching for fossils. 寻找这些病毒的科学家们把他们自己当成是搜寻化石的古生物学家。 yeeyan Some paleontologists argued that these whiskers were simple feathers. 一些古生物学家这些胡须就是简单的羽毛。 yeeyan Some paleontologists agree with this diagnosis, that our brains may have become smaller in size, but increasingly efficient. 一些古生物学者对此持保留态度,他们认为脑容量虽然减少,但是人脑的工作效率仍旧处于逐步增高的状态。 cri Some paleontologists envision a scenario in which dinosaurs used feathers to help them occupy trees for the first time. 一些古生物学家设想过恐龙利用羽毛首次攀到树上时的情形。 yeeyan That's the conclusion paleontologists Mike Taylor and Matt Wedel came to after analyzing the fragmented remains of two Cretaceous-period sauropods. 这是古生物学家马克·泰勒和马特·威德尔经过对两头白垩纪蜥脚类恐龙的残留碎片分析后得出来的结论。 aizheng These paleontologists suggest that the dinosaurs may have laid down on their sides and mated belly-to-belly. 这些古生物学者认为恐龙也许是侧身躺下,肚皮对肚皮进行交配的。 yeeyan This is what paleontologists have long wondered. 这是古生物学家一直所迷惑的。 yeeyan This program, along with other analysis techniques could allow paleontologists to learn more about how these species lived and how their environments influenced their evolution. 这个程序和其他的分析技术可以使古生物学家了解更多关于这些物种如何生活、它们赖以生存的环境如何影响它们的进化之类的问题。 yeeyan Paleontologists have known for decades about the beginnings and endings of a group of dinosaurs known as the Sauropodomorpha. 对于一种叫萨尔塔龙的恐龙,古生物学家早就了解它从起源到灭绝的一些事。 yeeyan Paleontologists are now carefully studying the closest theropod relatives of birds for clues to how this transition occurred. 古生物学家正在对鸟类的兽脚亚目最近亲进行仔细研究,以寻找这种转化的线索。 yeeyan Paleontologists can only guess about mating positions, duration, and behavior. 古生物学者只能猜测它们交配的姿势、持续的时长和动作。 yeeyan Paleontologists found the mostly complete skull in 2002 outside a rural village in northern Argentina. 古生物学家是2002年在阿根廷北部一村庄外发现的这副几近完整的头骨。 yeeyan Paleontologists had previously thought that some dinos' small forelimbs had served to catch insects or rip flesh. 古生物学家先前曾认为一些恐龙的小小的前肢是用于抓昆虫或撕开猎物的肉。 hjenglish |