dinosaur: [19] Dinosaur means literally ‘terrible lizard’ (something of a misnomer, since dinosaurs are not particularly closely related to modern lizards). The word was coined around 1840 from Greek deinós ‘terrible’ (which goes back to the same Indo-European base, *dwei-, as produced English dire [16]) and sauros ‘lizard’ (which occurs in its Latin form saurus in the names of specific dinosaurs, such as brontosaurus and tyrannosaurus). => dire
dinosaur (n.)
1841, coined in Modern Latin by Sir Richard Owen, from comb. form of Greek deinos "terrible" (see dire) + sauros "lizard" (see -saurus). Figurative sense of "person or institution not adapting to change" is from 1952.
实用例句
1. The fossils at Dinosaur Cove are embedded in hard sandstones.
恐龙峡谷中的化石都嵌在坚硬的砂岩中。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The largest brain possessed by any dinosaur weighed about a kilogram.
最大的恐龙脑子大约有一公斤重.
来自辞典例句
3. Have you ever seen a dinosaur?
你看见过恐龙没有?
来自辞典例句
4. In Alberta and Saskatchewan there are many hills where dinosaur bones were found.
亚伯达和萨斯喀彻温省的许多山区发现了恐龙化石.
来自英语晨读30分（高一）
5. The ground floor of the museum is taken up by the skeleton of a dinosaur.