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Jurassic names a stretch of deep time, from about 210 million years ago to about 140 million years ago. In that age there were dinosaurs, and the first and the first birds appeared.
Jurassic指的是 names a stretch of deep time一段遙遠的時間, from大約從 about 210 million years ago兩億一千萬年前 to到 about 140 million years ago大約一億四千萬年前。In that age在那個時代, there were有 dinosaurs恐龍, and而且 the first mammals and the first birds appeared第一批哺乳類和第一批鳥類出現了。
People use it as an adjective (Jurassic rock, Jurassic animals) and as a name for the period itself (the Jurassic). You meet it in science class, in museums, and — thanks to a famous film — in everyday talk, where it sometimes just means “dinosaur days.” Though actually, dinosaurs lived before and after this period too.
People有人 use it as an adjective把它當形容詞用 (Jurassic rock侏羅紀岩層, Jurassic animals侏羅紀動物) and而且 as a name也把它當作名稱 for the period itself這段時期本身的 (the Jurassic)（the Jurassic侏羅紀）。You你 meet it會遇到它 in science class在科學課裡, in museums博物館裡, and而且 — thanks to a famous film多虧一部知名電影 — in everyday talk在日常對話裡, where在那裡 it它 sometimes有時候 just means只是意味著 “dinosaur days.”「恐龍時代」。Though actually不過其實, dinosaurs恐龍 lived before and after this period too在這段時期之前和之後也都存在。
The time before is the ; the time after is the . Jurassic is the middle chapter, not the whole book.
The time之前的那段時間 before是 is the Triassic三疊紀; the time之後的那段時間 after是 is the Cretaceous白堊紀。Jurassic侏羅紀 is the middle chapter是中間那一章, not the whole book而不是整本書。
The name comes from mountains, not from a dinosaur.
The name這個名字 comes from來自 mountains山脈, not from a dinosaur而不是來自恐龍。
組成Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the Jura Mountains, where rock of this age was studied. The ending -assic was taken from Triassic.
同家族的字
- Triassicthe -assic ending was copied from Triassic
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Jurassicadj/d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesOf or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs.
- His father squinted at the skeleton. “What is it, Jurassic?” “Jeez. No. Cretaceous.” “Cretaceous? What's the difference between Cretaceous and Jurassic?” “Only about a hundred million years,” Tim said. “Cretaceous is older?” “No, Dad, Jurassic is older.”
- Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Sites such as Lyme Regis in Dorset have particularly yielded number of Jurassic “squid” ink sacs and nodules (Doguzhaeva et al. 2004).
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Of or pertaining to the Mesozoic era as a whole.
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Of or pertaining to the people or region near the Jura Mountain Range of Europe.
- The Jurassic, the Spanish and the Italian federations and sections of the International Working Men's Association, as also the French, the German and the American anarchist groups, were for the next years the chief centres of anarchist thought and propaganda.
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informalVery old-fashioned and outdated.
- Those fears and excuses seem positively Jurassic more than eighty years later.
- For every three shops or restaurants that looked as if they might have had a poster of Che Guevara somewhere on the premises, there was one stubborn Jurassic retailer offering knit suits for older women or an Italian restaurant that offered all-you-can-eat garlic bread and didn't call itself a trattoria.
Jurassicname/d͡ʒʊˈɹæs.ɪk/
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biologygeographygeologyThe period from 201.3±0.2 to 145 million years ago, after the Triassic and before the Cretaceous; the geologic systems of this period.
- [p 108] Like the Forest Marble Beds in the Middle Jurassic, the Purbeck Beds of the Upper Jurassic are deltaic or estuarine in origin, so as well as mammals they contain small, presumably freshwater, crocodiles and the first indisputable lizards. [p 109] This is less surprising if it is recalled that in the Upper Jurassic, Europe and North America were joined to form Laurasia and the Atlantic Ocean still had to be formed …
- Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Sites such as Lyme Regis in Dorset have particularly yielded number of Jurassic “squid” ink sacs and nodules (Doguzhaeva et al. 2004).
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