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brontosaurus

/bron-tuh-sawr-uhs/US // ˌbrɒn təˈsɔr əs //UK // (ˌbrɒntəˈsɔːrəs) //

雷龙,雷霆龙,水龙,阿普特龙

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bron·to·sau·rus·es, bron·to·sau·ri [bron-tuh-sawr-ahy]. /ˌbrɒn təˈsɔr aɪ/.

    • : brontosaur.

Examples

  • He would not have been surprised to see a brontosaurus peeking coyly down at him from twenty feet or so of neck.

  • It was just the sort of place any self-respecting brontosaurus would have wallowed in.

  • It appears that at the annual fancy-dress ball all the inhabitants clubbed together and went as a Brontosaurus.

  • Yes—the chinless gentleman with gentle brown and protruding eyes and the expression of a tame brontosaurus.

  • This intelligent animal (believed to be the female of the Brontosaurus) was probably seeking a change of headgear.