fossil

noun

1. 化石
   the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock
   1. fossils over two million years old
      两百多万年的化石
2. 老人；（尤指）老顽固，思想僵化的人，老古董
   an old person, especially one who is unable to accept new ideas or adapt to changes

1. 化石
   A fossil is the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock.

1. Peter Forey is curator of fossil fishes at the Natural History Museum.
   彼得·福雷是自然历史博物馆鱼类化石展厅的负责人。
2. The fossil fuels ( coal and oil) are finite resources.
   化石燃料（如煤和石油）属于有限资源。
3. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come.
   诸如煤、石油和天然气之类的矿物燃料会在以后很长一段时间里满足我们的需求。
4. At this distance of time it is difficult to date the fossil.
   时间隔得这么久了，很难确定这化石的年代。
5. The country has an abundant supply of fossil fuels.
   这个国家有充足的矿物燃料供应。
6. The fossil remains of apemen can help us infer how they lived.
   猿人化石可以帮助我们推测猿人的生活情况。
7. Electronic versions use electricity and fossil fuels.
   电子版本使用电能和化石燃料。
8. Those activities include the burning of fossil fuels in factories, buildings and cars which emit heat-trapping gases.
   这些人类活动包括工厂，建筑物和汽车里燃烧化石燃料排放的吸热气体。
9. Improved technology might end our dependence on the burning of fossil fuels.
   技术水平提高或许会结束我们对燃烧化石燃料的依赖。
10. In doing so it could generate clean, safe energy and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
    这样做可以产生清洁、安全的能源，减少对化石燃料的依赖。
11. They have not accepted a future without fossil fuels.
    它们没有接受一个不存在化石燃料的未来。
12. Exhibit dinosaur skeletons, fossil and the Jurassic Period.
    展示恐龙骨架、化石和侏罗纪时期。
13. In this way some of the solar energy becomes trapped in rocks& hence the name fossil fuel.
    这样一些太阳能就截留在岩石中-因此命名为化石燃料。
14. This is the trouble-no longer hampered by a decline in fossil fuels, we are limited by climate change.
    这是个麻烦&即使不再被矿物燃料日渐减少所牵制，我们也要受制于气候的变化。
15. We can burn all Earth's fossil fuels.
    我们可以燃烧掉地球的化石燃料。
16. But the other trend is that the price of coal and other fossil fuels are going up.
    另外一个趋势就是煤炭和其他化石燃料的价格正在上涨。
17. Today, I want to discuss fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and nature gas.
    今天我想讨论化石能源，例如煤，石油，天然气。
18. Among living and fossil primates, only anthropoids higher primates feed in such a manner.
    在生活和化石灵长类动物中，只有类人猿-高级灵长类动物-饲料以这种方式。
19. Students grow organic food and use as little fossil fuels and chemicals as possible.
    学生们会种植有机食物，并尽可能少地使用矿物燃料和化学品。
20. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilization.
    如果我们浪费矿物燃料，我们就威胁文明。
21. Increased reliance on automobiles means more pollution, more traffic, more use of fossil fuels.
    日益增加的对汽车的依赖就意味着更多污染、交通阻塞和更多化石燃料的使用。
22. Solar energy and biology created the stored hydrocarbons in the fossil fuels we have used for so long.
    太阳能和生物创造了存储在化石燃料中的氢碳化合物，长时间以来我们一直在使用着它们。
23. Because we are running out of fossil fuel, and nuclear energy has its problems.
    因为我们就要用光矿物燃料了，而核能又有它的问题。
24. It is generated by burning fossil fuels: petrol, coal, oil etc.
    通过燃烧汽油，煤和石油等化石燃料而产生。
25. At the moment, most of our energy comes from fossil fuels ( natural gas and oil).
    目前，我们大部分的能源来自于化石燃料（石油和天然气）。
26. We have fossil fuel on Earth.
    我们地球上有矿物燃料。
27. The study of fossil plants.
    研究植物化石的学科。
28. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.
    当我们因烧化石燃料而使大气层中增加了大量额外的二氧化碳时，问题就来了。
29. Wasteful consumption of fossil fuels creates political liabilities overseas, air pollution at home and global warming.
    矿物燃料的浪费性消费带来了海外的政治债务、国内的空气污染和全球性气候变暖。

noun

1. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

2. someone whose style is out of fashion

   Synonym:    dodofogyfogey

adj

1. characteristic of a fossil