velociraptor

FREQ #46040

n. 迅猛龙（二足、肉食性的有羽毛恐龙, 能高速奔跑。电影《侏罗纪公园》系列中的重要角色）; 速龙; 伶盗龙

发音

/vəˌlɒsɪˈɹæptɚ/
/vəˈlɒsɪɹæptɚ/

词形变化

velociraptors 复数 velociraptors

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).

    速龙

    伶盗龙

  2. 2.

    Also Deinonychus.

    媒体

词源

From New Latin Velociraptor genus name, from vēlōx (“swift”) + raptor (“thief”). The application to Deinonychus came about because Gregory S. Paul proposed that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were the same genus and this idea was taken up in the book leading to the Jurassic Park film series.

来源：wiktionary