dinosaur
gb/dˈaɪnəsˌɔɹ/ us/dˈaɪnəsˌɔɹ/
A2
영어
~ 5800
dinoszaurusz, őskövület
명사
A2
1
dinoszaurusz
A2
Scientists discovered a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in the desert.
Tudósok egy majdnem teljes dinoszauruszcsontvázat fedeztek fel a sivatagban.
My nephew is obsessed with dinosaurs and can name more than twenty species.
Az unokaöcsém a dinoszauruszok megszállottja, és több mint húsz fajt meg tud nevezni.
The film showed a huge dinosaur chasing people through the jungle.
These rocks contain the fossilized eggs of a small plant‑eating dinosaur.
We visited a museum to see the life‑size dinosaur models.
학습자용 예문
The dinosaur has a very long neck.
A dinoszaurusznak nagyon hosszú nyaka van.
Children often like books about dinosaurs.
A gyerekek gyakran szeretik a dinoszauruszokról szóló könyveket.
Dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago.
There is a big dinosaur skeleton in the museum.
This picture shows three different dinosaurs.
자주 하는 실수：
Learners sometimes treat 'dinosaur' as a general word for any ancient animal, including early humans or mammoths. In modern English, it specifically refers to a group of extinct reptiles, not to all prehistoric creatures.
뜻
large extinct prehistoric reptile
연어
dinosaur fossil
|dinosaur bones
|dinosaur species
|dinosaur museum
|dinosaur extinction
|dinosaur footprint
유의어
prehistoric reptile (More technical and general; can include animals other than dinosaurs.)
주제
science
|nature
|animals
정의
A very old kind of large reptile that lived long ago and is now gone from the world.
A large, mostly land‑dwelling reptile that lived millions of years ago and is now extinct, known mainly from fossils.
명사
B2
INFORMAL
2
őskövület
B2
dinoszaurusz
B2
사용 패턴：
[someone/something] is a dinosaur
Some people call him a dinosaur because he refuses to use email.
Egyesek őskövületnek tartják, mert nem hajlandó e-mailt használni.
Many experts think that companies that ignore climate change will soon look like dinosaurs.
Sok szakértő szerint azok a vállalatok, amelyek figyelmen kívül hagyják a klímaváltozást, hamarosan őskövületnek fognak számítani.
The old software became a dinosaur once cloud services took over the market.
In a world of streaming, that video rental chain quickly turned into a dinosaur.
She worried that her teaching methods were becoming a bit of a dinosaur.
학습자용 예문
My father is a dinosaur when it comes to smartphones.
Az apám igazi őskövület, ha okostelefonokról van szó.
If this company does not change, it will be a dinosaur.
Ha ez a cég nem változik, őskövületté válik.
Print phone books are dinosaurs in the age of the internet.
He felt like a dinosaur working with so many young people.
Some old laws are dinosaurs and need to change.
자주 하는 실수：
Learners sometimes think this meaning is positive because dinosaurs are exciting animals. In this figurative sense, calling someone a 'dinosaur' is usually negative and means they are out of date. Also, learners may overuse it for any old person; in English it usually implies resistance to change, not just age.
뜻
very old-fashioned person or thing
연어
seen as a dinosaur
|become a dinosaur
|corporate dinosaur
|political dinosaur
|a bit of a dinosaur
|a complete dinosaur
유의어
relic (Slightly more formal; can sound less insulting when used about people, and is often used for objects or ideas from the past.)
|
fossil (Informal and often negative when used for people; strongly suggests someone is stuck in the past.)
반의어
innovator (Describes a person or organization that creates new ideas or methods, the opposite of being old‑fashioned.)
|
trailblazer (Highlights leading others into new areas, strongly contrasting with being behind the times.)
주제
work
|technology
|social
|core_vocabulary
|business
정의
A person, company, or thing that is too old‑fashioned and does not fit well in the modern world.
A person, organization, or thing that is considered very old‑fashioned and unable to keep up with modern ideas or technology.
문법
기본형
dinosaur
IPA
GB/dˈaɪnəsˌɔɹ/
US/dˈaɪnəsˌɔɹ/
음절 및 강세
di - no - saur （3음절）
Stress on 1st syllable (di)
활용형
Noun
- Base: dinosaur
- Plural: dinosaurs
관련 단어
Forms
dinosaurs
noun
Related words
Advanced or less common
paleontology
noun
paleontologist
noun
표현
go the way of the dinosaur
1/ɡˈoʊ ðə wˈeɪ əv ðə dˈaɪnəsˌɔɹ/
idiom
to become extinct or obsolete
To disappear or stop existing because it is no longer useful or popular.
예문
- Many people think paper newspapers will go the way of the dinosaur.
- If they keep ignoring new technology, that company could go the way of the dinosaur.
- Some experts say that cash might eventually go the way of the dinosaur.