恐龙简介：生活习性与灭绝原因解析

形容词灭绝的; 绝种的; 消逝的; 破灭的

1. 灭绝的;绝种的
A species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.

e.g. It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain.
狼在英国已经灭绝250年了。
e.g. ...the bones of extinct animals.
灭绝动物的骨骼

2. （某类劳动者、生活方式或活动）不复存在的，废除了的
If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society.

e.g. If the current trend continues, black farmers in the United States may be extinct by the end of this decade...
如果当前趋势继续发展下去，美国的黑人农民将在这个十年末不复存在。
e.g. Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
草药医术在西方已经成了一门几乎绝迹的技艺。

3. （火山）死的
An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt any more.

e.g. Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons.
它最高的火山是早已熄灭的奥林波斯山。

名词脑; 智慧; 聪明的人; （群体中）最聪明的人

及物动词打破…的脑袋; 打…的头部

1. 脑；大脑
Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.

e.g. Her father died of a brain tumour.
她父亲死于脑瘤。

2. 头脑；智力
Your brain is your mind and the way that you think.

e.g. Once you stop using your brain you soon go stale...
一旦停止用脑，人很快就会变得迟钝。
e.g. Stretch your brain with this puzzle.
用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。

3. 智力；智慧；头脑
If someone has brains or a good brain, they have the ability to learn and understand things quickly, to solve problems, and to make good decisions.

e.g. They were not the only ones to have brains and ambition...
并不是只有他们聪明、有志向。
e.g. I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.
我很聪明，老师们都喜欢我。

4. 智囊；出谋划策者
If someone is the brains behind an idea or an organization, he or she had that idea or makes the important decisions about how that organization is managed.

e.g. Mr White was the brains behind the scheme...
怀特先生是该项计划的幕后策划者。
e.g. Some investigators regarded her as the brains of the gang.
一些调查员认为她是该团伙的决策者。

5. 猛击…的头部
To brain someone means to hit them forcefully on the head.

e.g. He had threatened to brain him then and there.
他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。

6. 把…的脑袋打伤；把…脑袋打开花
To beat someone's brains out or bash their brains in means to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.

e.g. They stood over him with clubs raised as if to beat his brains out.
他们举着棍子监视着他，好像要揍扁他的脑袋。

7. （用枪）把…的脑袋打开花；射中…的头部
To blow someone's brains out means to shoot them in the head, killing them.

e.g. Give me all your money or I'll blow your brains out...
把你所有的钱都给我，否则我就一枪把你的脑袋打开花。
e.g. He blew his brains out with a shotgun.
他用一支猎枪射中了他的脑袋。

8. 一直想着；对…念念不忘
If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.

e.g. You've had chess on the brain since you were little.
你从很小的时候就对下棋产生了浓厚兴趣。

9. 请教；讨教
If you pick someone's brains, you ask them to help you with a problem because they know more about the subject than you.

e.g. Why should a successful company allow another firm to pick its brains?
为什么一个成功的企业就得允许别的公司来讨教呢？

10. to rack your brains - see rack

名词规模; 大小，尺寸; 胶料，浆糊; 巨大，大量

及物动词按大小排列; 改变…的大小; 上胶料，上浆; 上涂料

形容词一定尺寸的

1. 大小;数量;规模
The size of something is how big or small it is. Something's size is determined by comparing it to other things, counting it, or measuring it.

e.g. Scientists have found the bones of a hoofed grazing animal about the size of a small horse...
科学家们已经发现了一种约有马驹般大小的有蹄草食性动物的骨骼。
e.g. In 1970 the average size of a French farm was 19 hectares...
1970 年，法国农场的平均规模为 19 公顷。

2. 巨大;庞大
The size of something is the fact that it is very large.

e.g. He knows the size of the task...
他明白这个任务有多艰巨。
e.g. Jack walked around the hotel and was mesmerized by its sheer size.
杰克在宾馆里四处转了转，为其宏伟气势所倾倒。

3. (尤指衣服、鞋子等的)尺寸，尺码，号
A size is one of a series of graded measurements, especially for things such as clothes or shoes.

e.g. My sister is the same height but only a size 12...
我姐姐是一样的身高，不过只穿 12 号的。
e.g. I tried them on and they were the right size.
我试穿了一下，大小正合适。

4. 使有自知之明;灭…的嚣张气焰
If someone is cut down to size, something happens to make them realize that they are not as important as they think they are.

e.g. The once-powerful post unions have been cut down to size.
一度很强势的邮政联盟已经威风不再。

5. 把…修改到合适的尺寸
If an object is cut to size, its size is altered to make it suitable for a particular purpose.

e.g. Every piece of timber was planed, cut to size and stained with cedar preservative.
每根木材都被刨平了，切割成一定尺寸，并涂上了雪松防腐剂。

6. (试试)大小;(试试)是否合适
If you try something on for size, you try it to see if it is suitable for you.

e.g. She was trying on an $8,000 jacket for size...
她正在试穿一件价值 8,000 美元的短外套。
e.g. He suggests that Nietzsche was trying each style on for size.
他的言下之意是尼采当时正在尝试每一种风格。

7. comes in all shapes and sizes - see shape

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