恐龍化石：fossil的用法解析
-Do you people still use fossil fuel, or have you discovered crystallic fusion?
-Well, let's see. We got double-A's.
——Toy Story
-你們現在是用化石燃料，還是結晶體熔解物？
-我想想...我們有三號電池。
——《玩具總動員》
一、下面我們來看看fossil有幾種含義
adj.
1.化石的 preserved from a past geologic age
And fauna of the pleistocene age have been preserved in fossil form.
更新時期的動植物遺蹟以化石的形式保存了下來。
2.陳腐的，守舊的 being or resembling a fossil
Youngsters' duds were not in their elder's old and fossil style any more.
青少年的服飾已不如他們的父輩那樣古老守舊。
n.
1.化石 the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock
Can you date the fossil exactly?
你能確定這化石的確切年代嗎？
2.僵化的事物；老頑固，頑固不化的人 an old person, especially six who is unable to accept new ideas or adapt to changes
My father is an old fossil.
我老爸是個老頑固。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有fossil的常見短語
fossil fuel
礦物燃料
fossil oil
石油
guide fossil
標誌化石，標準化石，指導性化石，指示化石
index fossil
標準化石
三、接下來，做個小遊戲鞏固一下
So you have more information in it than almost any _____ you could think of.
這樣一來，你可以比從其他任何化石中所能瞭解到信息都要多。
