n. 沼泽,湿地
v. 淹没,陷于沼泽
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- A team of British paleontologists think they've uncovered the first fossilized dinosaur brain.
- 一队英国古生物学家认为他们已经发现了首个恐龙大脑的化石。
- The fossil seems to be from an herbivorous dinosaur, similar to an Iguanodon, that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period,roughly 133 million years ago.
- 化石似乎是一种食草恐龙,类似禽龙,生活在白垩纪早期,大约1亿3300万年前。
- Although previous dinosaur fossils have captured skin, organs and even red blood cells, scientists were skeptical brain tissue could be preserved.
- 虽然从以前的恐龙化石中获得过皮肤,器官甚至红血细胞,科学家们怀疑脑组织能否被保存下来。
- One paleontologist from the University of Cambridge said the brain fragment was most likely petrified when the dinosaur died in a shallow swamp or bog.
- 来自剑桥大学的古生物学家表示,大脑最有可能在恐龙死于浅水沼泽或泥塘时石化。
- There the acidity of the water replaced the soft tissue with minerals, basically "pickling" the brain.
- 在那里,水的酸性取代了含矿物质的软组织,基本上将大脑进行了“酸洗”。
- The finding is important not only because it's the first of its kind, but because it can hopefully pave the way for similar discoveries in the future.
- 这一发现很重要,不仅因为它是同类中的首次,而且为将来类似的发现铺平道路。

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