中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.从地下发掘出来的；化石的。
2.属于旧时代的；陈腐的；不合时宜的。
n.
1.化石。
2.〔口语〕旧事物，旧制度。
3.老顽固，守旧者；习语中保存的旧词(如 to and fro 中的 fro)。

the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

someone whose style is out of fashion
同义词：dodo, fogy, fogey,

characteristic of a fossil

Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals (also known as zoolites), plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record.

例句与用法

It depends on the identification of zone fossils .
它依赖于分带化石的鉴别。

Igneous rocks do not contain fossils .
火成岩不含化石。

In these respects, the fossils resemble modern humans .
在这些方面，这些化石类似于现代人类。

The search for fossil man then shifted to eastern africa .
对化石人的探索工作转移到了非洲东部。

The rocks themselves bear another kind of evidence--the fossils .
岩石本身还拥有另一种证据化石。

Scientists have dated the fossils by their bone structure .
科学家根据那些化石的骨骼结构确定其年代。

At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil .
时间隔得这么久了，很难确定这化石的年代。

Tow factors are favorable for the preservation of organisms as fossils .
有两个因素对生物化石的保存是有利的。

Sedimentary rocks are thus tagged by the fossils which they contain .
沉积岩就这样以它们所含的化石作为鉴别的标记。

Two others of these trilobite fossils have been found in the same area .
在同一地区还发现了另外两块这些三叶虫化石。