单词theropod
n.: 【古生物】兽脚亚目 动物
网络: 兽脚类恐龙；兽脚亚目食肉恐龙；兽足龙类
【古生物学】兽脚亚目动物〔如恐龙〕
复数：theropods
A member of the Dromaeosauridae of dinosaurs, it was a bird-like theropod dinosaur, which flourished during the Cretaceous Period.
它属于驰龙科一员，是一种类似鸟类的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，在白垩纪繁盛一时。
But it is clearly a small, vicious theropod similar to the velociraptors that chased the kids around the kitchen in Jurassic Park.
但它显然是一只体型不大却性情凶猛的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙，有点像《侏罗纪公园》里在厨房追逐孩子们的那种迅猛龙。
In that sort of environment even a big theropod would constantly have been looking over its shoulder.
在那样一种环境下，即便是一头巨大的兽脚亚目食肉恐龙也会不时回头张望。
But many theropod dinosaurs have ambiguous features, such as peg-like teeth at the front of the mouth, or no teeth at all.
但是，许多食肉恐龙的特征并不是很明显，例如：要么在嘴的前部有“钉状牙齿”，要么就根本没有牙齿。
Paleontologists are now carefully studying the closest theropod relatives of birds for clues to how this transition occurred.
古生物学家正在对鸟类的兽脚亚目最近亲进行仔细研究，以寻找这种转化的线索。
Now we must acknowledge that birds are a group of the feathered theropod dinosaurs that evolved the capacity of powered flight.
而现在我们则必须承认，所谓的鸟类是指一群有羽毛、演化出飞翔能力的兽足类恐龙。
The type of dinosaur that was found is known as a theropod.
这是一种兽脚亚目肉食恐龙。
But that does not completely explain the absence of theropod tracks.
但这并不能完全解释兽脚亚目食肉恐龙的缺位。
Many "theropod" dinosaurs, those with bird-like features which walked on two legs and often had feathers, preferred to eat leaves and grass.
许多食肉恐龙带有鸟类特征：可于陆地上行走，通常都长有羽毛，这类恐龙更喜食树叶和草。
The strongest support for this theory of theropod gigantism comes from what is known about the rise of T. rex, however.
然而，这个兽足类巨大化理论最有力的支持，却来自对霸王龙身世的了解。