中英互译

archaeopteryx

英 /ˌɑːkiˈɒpterɪks/美 /ˌɑːrkiˈɑːpterɪks/

基本释义

Archaeopteryx shows no obvious features of gliders, such as a broad membrane connecting forelimbs and hind limbs.
始祖鸟并没有表现出明显的滑翔机的特征，比如有一层连接前肢和后肢的宽膜。
Perhaps some of them could climb trees, but no convincing analysis has demonstrated how Archaeopteryx would have both climbed and flown with its forelimbs.
也许其中一些祖鸟会爬树，但是没有令人信服的分析证明始祖鸟是如何用它的前肢既爬又飞的。
This objection was reasonable when only early theropod clavicles had been discovered, but fossilized theropod clavicles that look just like the wishbone of Archaeopteryx have now been unearthed.
这种反对是合理的，因为只有早期的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙的锁骨才被发现，但是现在已经发掘出了类似始祖鸟的叉骨的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙锁骨化石。

始祖鸟

n.extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds