living fossil

基本解釋

This tree on the Tokyo University campus is, like all gingkos, a living fossil.
東京大學(xué)校園內(nèi)的這種樹木，就像里面所有的銀杏，是一種活的化石。
Instead of finding a “l(fā)iving fossil” identical to an ancient beast, they have found a real fossil identical to a modern one.
他們不是找到了一個與古獸相同的“活化石”，而是找到了一個跟現(xiàn)代獸類相同的真正化石。
Scientists call it a "living fossil" because it has probably been thriving since earliest oceans were formed millions of years ago.
科學(xué)家們將它稱作“活化石”，因為它很可能在數(shù)百萬年前最早的海洋形成時就已經(jīng)生長繁盛。

Forty spacecraft have been sent there, and not one has found a single fossil or living thing.
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an animal or plant, such as the coelacanth and ginkgo, belonging to a group most of whose members are extinct