dinosaur
/ˈdaɪnəsɔː(r)/noun
उच्चारण डाइनसॉर
डायनासोर
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a large animal that lived millions of years ago and is now extinct
डायनासोर
- Dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago.
- The museum has a skeleton of a dinosaur that fascinates every child.
- Scientists dug up the bones of a dinosaur near the river.
+ 2 more examples
- Children often ask whether dinosaurs could fly.
- The film showed dinosaurs walking through a green forest.
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[C] disapproving
a person, an organization or a thing that is old-fashioned and cannot change in a changing situation
पुराने ख़यालों का व्यक्ति या संस्था
- That law is a dinosaur.
- Critics described the telephone exchange as a dinosaur in the age of smartphones.
- Some people call the old bank a dinosaur because it refuses to use technology.
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- The firm became a dinosaur when it ignored online shopping.
- Teachers who ignore computers risk being called dinosaurs.
Synonyms fossil relic anachronism dodo
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dinosaur (countable noun)
Dinosaur is countable. Use a or an for one animal and add -s for many.
'Dinosaur' countable noun है; एक के लिए a/an और अनेक के लिए -s लगता है।
- Radhika drew a dinosaur with a long neck.
- Dinosaurs lived on the earth millions of years ago.
dinosaur + noun (adjunct)
As a noun before another noun, dinosaur stays singular.
दूसरे noun से पहले आने पर 'dinosaur' singular ही रहता है।
- The museum has a dinosaur skeleton and a dinosaur egg.
dinosaur (figurative)
For a person, firm or system, dinosaur means old-fashioned and slow to change. It is informal and usually critical.
किसी व्यक्ति, कंपनी या व्यवस्था के लिए 'dinosaur' का अर्थ पुराने ढर्रे वाला है; यह informal और प्रायः आलोचनात्मक प्रयोग है।
- The old typewriter factory was a dinosaur in the age of computers.
dinosaur + of + age
Use of to name the age or period of the dinosaur, as in a dinosaur of the Jurassic period.
डायनासोर के काल का नाम बताने के लिए 'of' आता है, जैसे a dinosaur of the Jurassic period।
- The fossil is of a dinosaur of the Jurassic period.
+Collocations 4
type + dinosaur
meat-eatingplant-eatinggiantflyingprehistoric
- The meat-eating dinosaur had sharp teeth.
dinosaur + noun
fossilbonesskeletoneggfootprint
- Scientists found a dinosaur fossil in Gujarat.
verb + dinosaur
discoverstudydig upbecomeresemble
- Fossil hunters dug up a dinosaur near the river.
figurative use
corporate dinosaurpolitical dinosaurtechnological dinosaur
- Banks that refuse online services risk becoming dinosaurs.
“More examples 6
- Dinosaurs became extinct about sixty-six million years ago.
डायनासोर लगभग साढ़े छह करोड़ वर्ष पहले विलुप्त हो गए।
- The children stood in awe in front of the dinosaur skeleton.
बच्चे डायनासोर के कंकाल के सामने विस्मय से खड़े रह गए।
- My grandfather calls himself a dinosaur because he still writes letters by hand.
मेरे दादाजी स्वयं को पुराने ज़माने का आदमी कहते हैं, क्योंकि वे आज भी हाथ से पत्र लिखते हैं।
- Some dinosaurs ate only plants, while others hunted.
कुछ डायनासोर केवल पौधे खाते थे, जबकि कुछ शिकार करते थे।
- Radhika wrote an essay on how birds are related to dinosaurs.
राधिका ने इस विषय पर निबंध लिखा कि पक्षी डायनासोर से कैसे संबंधित हैं।
- The film showed a dinosaur chasing a jeep through the jungle.
फिल्म में एक डायनासोर को जंगल में जीप का पीछा करते दिखाया गया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Dinosaurs lived in the earth millions of years ago.
✓ Dinosaurs lived on the earth millions of years ago.
We live on the earth, not in it.
हम 'on the earth' रहते हैं, 'in the earth' नहीं।
✗ The scientists discovered a dinosaurs fossil.
✓ The scientists discovered a dinosaur fossil.
A noun used before another noun stays singular.
दूसरे noun से पहले प्रयुक्त noun singular रहता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
AaSpelling
di·no·saur
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
As dead as the dodo (completely extinct or out of date).
Idiom 'as dead as the dodo' (पूरी तरह विलुप्त या पुराना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science GK: dinosaurs became extinct about 66 million years ago, probably after a large asteroid hit the earth; the study of fossils is palaeontology.
विज्ञान GK में डायनासोर लगभग 6.6 करोड़ वर्ष पहले विलुप्त हुए, संभवतः पृथ्वी से एक बड़े क्षुद्रग्रह के टकराने के बाद; जीवाश्मों का अध्ययन palaeontology है।
Dinosaur fossils have been found in India at Balasinor (Gujarat), which has a Dinosaur Fossil Park, and in the Narmada valley.
भारत में डायनासोर के जीवाश्म बालासिनोर (गुजरात), जहाँ Dinosaur Fossil Park है, और नर्मदा घाटी में मिले हैं।