vestigial
发音
英 [veˈstɪdʒiəl]
美 [vɛˈstɪdʒiəl, -ˈstɪdʒəl]
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- adj.
- 残留的，残余的，退化的
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双语例句
- 1. An ostrich has vestigial wings .
- 鸵鸟长有退化了的翅膀。
- 2. Its hand showed a vestigial first finger and robust second and third fingers .
- 它的前爪有着退化的食指，健壮的第二和第三趾。
- 3. In fact , the vestigial atmosphere is still slowly dissipating into space .
- 事实上，残余的大气层仍在缓慢地消散于太空中。
- 4. In their view , tyrannosaurusarms were vestigial organs , like the blind eyes of cave-dwelling fish .
- 在他们看来，霸王龙的前肢是退化的遗留物，就像穴居鱼类的盲眼。
- 5. Any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs .
- 后肢退化的几种主要是产于热带的蟒蛇。