fossils是什么意思？

fossils

英['fɒslz] 美['fɒslz]

• 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

• They were searching for fossils. 他们在找化石。
• The fossils may be a million years old. 这些化石可能有100万年了。
• The fossils appear to be an early form of seaweed washed up on a beach. 这些化石看上去是被海水冲上岸的一种早期的水藻。
• fossils over two million years old 两百多万年的化石
• Oftentimes, these fossils are not made available to science at all. 科学界常常压根接触不到这些化石。
• Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate, or transitional, between land cetaceans. 近期发现的化石已经可以很清晰地帮助人们了解这个问题, 以及他们之间的过渡关系.
• He was inspired by fossils of armadillos and sloths. 犰狳和树懒化石让他获得了灵感.
• Different fossils have been preserved in different ways - some as moulds or casts. 不同类别的化石是以不同的方式保存下来的 ― ―有的如同模型或模压品.
• The walls of Jaron's company's office displayed fossils of past experimental magic goggles and gloves. 杰伦公司办公室的四面墙上展示着过去那些试验用的魔术护目镜和手套的化石级古董.
• In these respects, the fossils resemble modern humans. 在这些方面, 这些化石类似于现代人类.

英语六级真题

They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  化石
  A fossil is the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock.