英语释义

• extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds

片语

eohippus始祖马；始行马（hyracotherium 的原称）

英汉例句

• with archaeopteryx likely removed from the bird family tree, a few other prehistoric species now become the world「s oldest known birds.

  始祖鸟，一种曾经被广泛认为是世界上最古老的鸟类，从它原本的科学地位上踢了下来，因为最新的研究结果显示这种覆盖着羽毛的动物，其实是一种恐龙。

• this confirms what has been observed in two other transitional fossils, archaeopteryx (the oldest known bird) and rodhocetus (a proto-whale).

  这就肯定了从另外两个过渡的生物化石archaeopteryx(始祖鸟，最古老的鸟类)和rodhocetus（一种原始鲸）。

• witmer adds that with archaeopteryx dethroned, more recently discovered fossils, including epidexipteryx, jeholornis and sapeornis, become candidates for the world」s oldest bird.

  威特默补充道，随着「始祖鸟」的退位，更多最近发现的化石成为了竞争「世界最古老的鸟」的候选，包括「胡氏耀龙」、「热河鸟」、「会鸟」。

• some show archaeopteryx as the basal bird; others show it hopped sideways into the deinonychosaurs.

  一些分析表明了‘始祖鸟’是处于基底的鸟类，另一些分析则表明它越过了侧道直接进入了恐爪龙类。

• 「if archaeopteryx were discovered today, i don「t think you would call it a bird. you would call it a feathered dinosaur,」 says carrano.

  「如果始祖鸟是在今天发现的，我觉得古生物学家们肯定不会说它是鸟类，其实它就是一种带羽毛的恐龙，」卡里诺说。

• maybe archaeopteryx wasn」t on the direct ancestral line to birds, but was part of an early experimentation in how to build a bird-like body.

  可能‘始祖鸟’不在鸟类的直系血缘上，但它从某些程度上说是早期实验如何构建像鸟一样的身躯的一部分。

• archaeopteryx was discovered in 1861, two years after charles darwin published on the origin of species.

  「始祖鸟」在1861年被发现，即查尔斯·达尔文发表《物种起源》后两年。

• for 150 years, a species called archaeopteryx has been regarded as the first true bird, representing a major evolutionary step away from dinosaurs.

  150年来，一个物种叫「始祖鸟」已经被当作是第一只真正的鸟，代表着从恐龙进化后的一大步。

• archaeopteryx has a hallowed place in science, long hailed as not just the first bird but as one of the clearest examples of evolution in action.

  「始祖鸟」在科学界有着神圣的地位，长久以来不仅被致敬为第一只鸟，同时也被看作动作进化史上最聪明的例子。

• there are many, many features that suggest that xiaotingia and archaeopteryx are a type of dinosaur called deinonychosaurs rather than birds.

  有很多很多的特征证明着‘郑氏晓廷鸟’和‘始祖鸟’只是一种叫做恐爪龙类的恐龙的种类，而不是鸟。

• the famous archaeopteryx – the first specimen of which resides in the natural history museum in london – for example, is one such transitional fossil between the reptiles and birds.

  比如，伦敦自然历史博物馆第一个标本物种、着名的始祖鸟化石就是爬行动物和鸟类之间的过渡物种化石。

• prof mike benton from the university of bristol, uk, agrees that the new fossil is about the closest relative to archaeopteryx that has yet been found.

  来自英国布里斯托尔大学的麦克·本唐教授，认同这块新化石是在已被发现的化石中，和「始祖鸟」具有最靠近的亲缘关系。

• if archaeopteryx was a dinosaur, this means flight evolved at least four times in vertebrates: in reptiles, birds, dinosaurs, and most recently in bats.

  如果「始祖鸟」是一只恐龙，这意味着飞行能力在脊椎动物史里进化了至少4次：爬行类、鸟类、恐龙，还有最近的一次——蝙蝠。

• some paleontologists now say archaeopteryx may have been a feathered non-avian dinosaur.

  今天的某些古生物学家认为始祖鸟可能是一种带有羽毛的非鸟恐龙

• archaeopteryx lithographica, 150 to 148 million years ago, germany, at museum of natural history, humboldt university, berlin

  始祖鸟（archaeopteryxlithographica），1.5-1.48亿年前，德国，柏林洪堡大学自然历史博物馆

• like fossils of whales with legs, archaeopteryx seemed to capture a moment in a critical evolutionary metamorphosis.

  和带有腿部的古鲸类化石一样，始祖鸟化石似乎捕捉到了关键进化形变中的某个瞬间。

• wobbling perch: archaeopteryx is one of the most famous fossils ever unearthed

  摇晃着的栖息处：「始祖鸟」是最知名的已出土化石之一