🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- scumbag 60
- cottonwood 103
- do the trick 13
- Gypsy 147
- primitive 470
- overarm 102
- listen 204
- dialogue 276
- aquarius 107
- baby talk 91
- fortress 236
- indentation 76
- Camera 66
- disuse 126
- grey 554
- hot potato 24
- call 420
- Forceful 64
- caliph 134
- qualities 66
- the Deep South 98
- Swollen 97
- giggly 81
- chaos 551
- drag out 87
- incinerate 50
- wood carving 51
- Nerve 168
- demolitions 42
- umbilicus 166
- entangled 89
- crozier 38
- shrew 81
- burkinabe 32
- confidence trick 85
- skyward 60
- unfittingly 29
- long haul 115
- Chorus 272
- intercept 154
- Suspend 237
- imponderable 55
- deborah 39
- bedrid 34
- tomorrow 67
- Split 228
- amenity 206
- panoramic 126
- adsorb 86
- prohibitive 201
- busy 346
- ungodly 194
- codeine 111
- shuffle 271
- secondary 513
- deg. 44
- Cognitive 107
- latices 34
- sugar 157
- hard-hearted 61
- Macedonia 44
- chow down 92
- sharps 46
- moted 37
- Discretion 108
- Business 53
- retirement 232
- alight 139
- Buddies 41
- main line 39
- dissident 114
- family 255
- epigrammatic 100
- youthful 420
- object 497
- Dutch courage 71
- interpolation 62
- a 351
- consumeristic 44
- Disappointing 153
- fish out 102
- Casualty 65
- chukka 41
- Capitalize 161
- organisation 78
- photosensitive 80
- collaboration 181
- Direct 244
- eyed 105
- serviceable 86
- money 236
- exhale 97
- Flinch 80
- braille 108
- Raze 98
- counterargument 80
- plebe 69
- bin 304
- restring 8
- Questionable 107
- con 345
- abundance 208
- shallow 704
- dust 519
- crossroads 91
- ombre 17
- subordinating conjunction 79
- fretting 66
- approach 612
- interpose 64
- Pleased 152
- fillip 116
- nudism 60
- fabric 623
- tranquilizer 97
- hardcore 34
- guard 566
- Rehearse 63
- ooh 72
- fm 110
- equally 140
- imbecile 62
- muscovite 56
- expensive 208
- haroseth 36
- shredder 48
- lambskin 58
- insulation 59
- session 485
- overzealous 68
- conscientious 229
- ability 521
- cotton bud 109
- woe 207
- truce 91
- brand 627
- sell 280
- mezuzah 39
- leapfrog 89
- jamb 72
- tunnel 512
- liquify 39
- procurement 163
- kestrel 40
- overgeneralize 49
- whew 66
- convergency 56
- harmonization 39
- Rh 95
- cabin 434
- lengthy 195
- actually 460
- Perv 74
- personalize 186
- abjuration 54
- revert 148
- periwinkle 79
- integrate 663
- drain 484
- secular 198
- Jitters 91
- metaphor 316
- bin liner 103
- debug 144
- fluorescent 185
- rogue 130
- stablemen 32
- fiddlesticks 67
- potash 66
- ingest 93
- slander 254
- fiduciary 119
- Czech Republic 73
- Descendent 36
- Squeaked 47
- mb 67
- mommy 72
- needs 49
- latte 61
- vulgarity 199
- short-haired 44
- Onward 183
- greensward 49
- cognizant 197
- Liberalized 68
- postulate 107
- Peer 220
- constant 493
- voguish 39
- malawi 55
- Ecuador 94
- lathery 33
- Contraband 33
- unabated 65
- oklahoma 37
- loop 555
- Hypnotize 2
- untidy 106
- incongruities 32
- Moscow 116
- Wail 95
- divot 101
- surrogate 125
- breakable 102
- Claustrophobia 86
- Parrot 111
- Establishment 200
- Frenzy 104
- DE 152
- hide 534
- bird of paradise 84
- snowfield 67
- partially 476
- cockily 53
- rinky-dink 88
- Immediacy 19
- Perfection 120
- Inculcate 39
- pantyhose 91
- Debate 234
- driver's license 74
- deck 514
- justify 536
- fusillade 97
- Nonchalant 127
- steamy 78
- hovel 128
- primeval 52
- digestion 214
- pertinent 387
- regretted 37
- Concrete 259
- abstraction 115
- constitute 162
- snoop 82
- mash 106
- default 233
- manhattan 60
- antagonist 111
- maladjusted 159
- bricklayer 112
- plagiarism 137
- QC 158
- ghost 618
- eighteen 415
- pharmacology 96
- coquetries 27
- co-own 51
- emphatic 244
- serried 53
- confrontal 44
- Eclipse 113
- adv 87
- pickup 246
- jigsaw 89
- as long as 107
- encode 125
- Eternity 47
- zone out 79
- Lightweight 76
- crime of passion 41
- Biro 60
- chase 526
- inviting 221
- echocardiography 36
- fiction 502
- hispanic 47
- objection 493
- Allay 17
- largesse 191
- distress 528
- Oriented 97
- expand on 58
- Renegade 29
- Triage 102
- bundle off 88
- overproduction 79
- peeve 92
- Stereotypes 39
- dual 175
- hair trigger 89
- novice 190
- Exclude 235
- articulation 110
- underwhelming 42
- doorstepped 50
- explain away 111
- percolator 55
- dendrochronology 45
- reporter 525
- leerier 30
- cob 112
- juror 74
- preseason 58
- paperback 101
- coati 64
- laugh 162
- relations 38
- hand holding 37
- subdivision 55
- gross out 85
- paths 60
- landed 170
- typography 110
- minutiae 81
- conjoined twins 57
- Inducement 65
- mediatorship 40
- moonbeam 74
- Bustling 185
- Condemn 285
- inflated 142
- my 148
- Preposterous 129
- semicircle 62
- Font 76
- intermediate 405
- cold comfort 100
- trade-off 207
- blowhole 92
- guidance counselor 108
- reverie 203
- girlfriend 188
- Condone 40
- gaily 110
- hugged 30
- Meddle 136
- industrialism 75
- redistribute 62
- back burner 134
- nonvolatile 52
- come into 106
- breech 76
- lab 463
- churchyard 101
- Bell 160
- witch doctor 45
- idiom 471
- quartermaster 53
- liberation 453
- Specialist 84
- incapacity 80
- characteristic 528
- Feral 51
- cash 537
- caravan 188
- rapture 164
- photograph 541
- summarise 130
- Venerable 108
- hoodlum 81
- Timid 145
- freebase 56
- entanglement 105
- liberal 469
- chamber of commerce 87
- judicious 51
- goodbye 187
- manacle 53
- Abhorrent 196
- Xray 132
- Imperfection 76
- value 809
- nadir 66
- constitutionalism 127
- desert 534
- face 536
- flimflamming 30
- Man up 62
- diesel engine 81
- utilization 168
- painty 45
- favoured 136
- hieroglyphic 57
- papped 38
- shoulder blade 71
- longly 42
- leftism 52
- bridezilla 54
- brother-in-law 95
- Warrant 189
- gullible 146
- temperature 480
- dbms 38
- collies 49
- flatware 106
- Unprecedented 87
- Price 209
- jahveh 37
- scurvier 25
- cargo pants 62
- boll 98
- pro rata 48
- palsies 28
- cable television 89
- roadworthy 132
- Motivated 161
- egalitarianism 101
- mana 53
- visualization 60
- bogy 60
- photoshoot 35
- fly in the face of 32
- taco 132
- romper 59
- Revolves 42
- acid 505
- orthopaedics 38
- fluttery 47
- bronchial tube 57
- jolt 149
- shiite 61
- stand-in 62
- ecuadorian 47
- mystify 98
- footage 171
- escapism 110
- Expositions 40
- joll 65
- middling 102
- practicality 133
- Lull 222
- comfortable 538
- cloud-cuckoo-land 73
- Sickly 123
- insulator 72
- Shoreline 273
- global warming 147
- blood brother 123
- Schoolyard 152
- bring 236
- indetermination 32
- big head 68
- esp 102
- lashing 317
- bitonal 58
- guard's van 93
- voluntary 541
- Outsider 86
- loner 50
- orchestrational 30
- astray 199
- sambo 46
- band 584
- pressure cooker 113
- wage 790
- order 344
- cast out 85
- Occupy 161
- Ideal 277
- pearler 29
- generic 111
- inconsistency 91
- ray 532
- gymkhana 81
- hose 88
- gigantic 174
- blood group 109
- mounter 33
- baseline 137
- Halve 227
- exclude 550
- barmaid 124
- unfinished 88
- promethean 43
- focus 647
- Profane 31
- Troubled waters 56
- hypersensitive 84
- smarten 71
- pontiff 49
- bawdy 168
- pimpernel 42
- secondhand 141
- early on 77
- fire away 95
- Single-minded 37
- pushpin 65
- distil 52
- bleeding-heart 60
- Vegetate 80
- agonizing 113
- dual carriageway 119
- guilder 111
- jr 69
- commentate 93
- backbencher 69
- beget 233
- call for 71
- headache 528
- Summons 106
- Let loose 14
- Cede 114
- chat room 112
- vanguard 129
- folk song 91
- touchdown 327
- weightless 77
- articles 50
- deducible 80
paleontology
noun
pa·le·on·tol·o·gy ˌpā-lē-ˌän-ˈtä-lə-jē 
-ən-,
especially British ˌpa-
paleontological adjective
or less commonly paleontologic
Did you know?
Until the 1820s, hardly anyone even suspected that dinosaurs had ever existed. In the years since, paleontology has sought to discover the entire history of life on earth, from the era of single-celled organisms up into the human era. Paleontologists continue to make remarkable discoveries, such as that a huge meteorite that fell in the Gulf of Mexico wiped out the dinosaurs—all except the birds, the only surviving dinosaurs. "Radiometric dating" can reveal the age (often tens of millions of years) of a rock or fossil or a tiny grain of pollen by measuring how much its radioactive elements have disintegrated. The study of molecules of DNA, RNA, and proteins has also become important for dating. Paleontologists often consult with geologists searching for oil, gas, and coal deposits, since all these "fossil fuels" were formed from plant and animal remains.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Since 2000, when scientists discovered shark populations were collapsing around the world, research on sharks has ramped up across many fields of study, from paleontology to neuroscience to biomechanics. 
Joanna Klein, National Geographic, 28 July 2020 But this is how paleontology works, with experts looking at different lines of evidence to test ideas. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Labs like those at the L.A. museum are where many of paleontology’s most exciting discoveries happen. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 This change supports the hypothesis that eye-socket shape might be based on the power of an animal’s bite, says Randy Irmis, curator of paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah, who was not involved in this work. Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2022 Ultimately, the joy of paleontology comes from a simple place for Dabelko. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022 Chris Mays is a lecturer in paleontology at University College Cork in Ireland. Chris Mays, Scientific American, 23 June 2022 Yet the science of paleontology has moved on; no longer is dinosaur hunting financed by industry barons desperate to one-up one another, and no longer are dinosaurs collected by frontiersmen on horseback. Steve Brusatte, The Atlantic, 7 June 2022 In popular depictions of paleontology, armored dinosaurs are often treated like icing on the Mesozoic cake. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 See More
Joanna Klein, National Geographic, 28 July 2020 But this is how paleontology works, with experts looking at different lines of evidence to test ideas. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Labs like those at the L.A. museum are where many of paleontology’s most exciting discoveries happen. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 This change supports the hypothesis that eye-socket shape might be based on the power of an animal’s bite, says Randy Irmis, curator of paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah, who was not involved in this work. Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2022 Ultimately, the joy of paleontology comes from a simple place for Dabelko. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022 Chris Mays is a lecturer in paleontology at University College Cork in Ireland. Chris Mays, Scientific American, 23 June 2022 Yet the science of paleontology has moved on; no longer is dinosaur hunting financed by industry barons desperate to one-up one another, and no longer are dinosaurs collected by frontiersmen on horseback. Steve Brusatte, The Atlantic, 7 June 2022 In popular depictions of paleontology, armored dinosaurs are often treated like icing on the Mesozoic cake. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French palaeontologie (later paléontologie), from palae- pale- + ont- (probably from Greek ónta "the things that exist, reality," noun derivative from neuter plural of ont-, ṓn, present participle of eînai "to be") + -o- -o- + -logie -logy — more at is
Note: The French noun was introduced by the zoologist Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850), as a heading for a summary of work done on fossils in 1821 ("Analyse des principaux Travaux dans les Sciences physiques, publiés dans l'année 1821"), in Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts, tome 94 (janvier 1822), p. liv. Blainville had earlier (tome 90, 1820, p. 80) used palaeosomiologie in the same sense (for "l'étude des corps organisés fossiles," i.e., the study of fossil organisms), in an effort to find a word that included the remains of both plants and animals, but he seems to have judged this coinage inadequate and replaced it with palaeontologie. See Martin J. S. Rudwick, Worlds before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform (University of Chicago Press, 2008), pp. 48-49.
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of paleontology was in 1833 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文