中文词源
triceratops 三角龙
tri-, 三，-cerat,角，词源同 horn,rhinoceros,-ops,眼睛，代指脸，词源同 optical,antelope.因这 种恐龙头上长有三角而得名。
英语词源
- triceratops (n.)
- dinosaur genus, 1890, from Greek trikeratos "three-horned" + ops "face," literally "eye," from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). The first element is from tri- "three" (see three) + keras (genitive keratos) "horn" (see kerato-).
权威例句
- 1. Facing it is the armoured and enormous Triceratops.
- 而它的对手正是拥有杀人武器,体型巨大的三角龙.
- 2. Triceratops, as the name suggests, were huge dinosaurs adorned with three horns on their heads.
- 正如它们的名字, 三角龙是一种头上长有三只角的大型恐龙.
- 3. They scanned the skulls for injuries around where Triceratops might have locked horns and wrestled.
- 他们扫描了恐龙头骨,在三角龙可能短兵相接的地方寻找伤口.