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他们在找化石。用英语怎么说？

他们在找化石。

They were searching for fossils.

相关词汇
they were searching for fossils

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；
例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；
例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

searching

adj. 搜索的，彻底的，锐利的；n. 搜寻，搜索，检查；v. 找寻( search的现在分词 )，搜查，探查，[医学]（用仪器）探测（外伤）；
例句
After several hours of aimless searching they were getting low on fuel.
在几个小时漫无目的的搜寻之后，他们快没燃料了。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；
例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

fossils

n. 化石( fossil的名词复数 )，老顽固，食古不化的人，老古董（老人）；
例句
Most of the other fossils come from rhynchosaurs ( parrot - beaked reptiles ).
其他大部分化石来自剪嘴龙 ( 嘴像鹦鹉的爬行动物 ).
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红润的面颊是健康的象征。
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他的右耳被割除了。
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He suddenly became very tearful.
他眼中突然溢出了泪水。