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dinosaur
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːr/ us /ˈdaɪ.nə.sɔːr/
A2
a type of reptile that became extinct about 65,000,000 years ago. There were many different types of dinosaur, some of which were extremely large.恐龙
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disapproving
an old-fashioned person or thing that people no longer consider to be useful: 老古董（指过时的人或物）
This computer's a dinosaur, isn't it?这种计算机有点过时了，不是吗？
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dinosaur | American Dictionary
dinosaur
noun[ C ]
us/ˈdɑɪ·nəˌsɔr/
a reptile (= cold-blooded animal), some types of which were extremely large, that stopped existing a very long time ago
A dinosaur is also something that is old and that has not been able to change when conditions have changed and is therefore no longer useful:
The old car was a gas-guzzling dinosaur and we had to get rid of it.
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