brontosaurus的词源

英文词源

brontosaurus (n.)

1879, Modern Latin, from Greek bronte "thunder" (perhaps from PIE imitative root *bhrem- "to growl") + -saurus. Brontes was the name of one of the Cyclopes in Greek mythology.

中文词源

brontosaurus：雷龙

bronto, 打雷，拟声词，模仿雷声。词根saur, 恐龙。

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