dinosaur

dinosaure

Animal ressemblant à un reptile, qui vivait il y a des millions d’années et a disparu.

En anglais simple : An animal like a reptile that lived millions of years ago and is now extinct.

• We saw dinosaur bones at the museum.
• Some dinosaurs ate plants.
• The child drew a huge dinosaur.

Expressions courantes : dinosaur bones, dinosaur skeleton, giant dinosaur

dinosaure

Animal disparu du groupe des dinosaures, ayant vécu au Trias, au Jurassique ou au Crétacé.

En anglais simple : An extinct animal belonging to the dinosaur group, which lived during the Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous period.

• This dinosaur lived in the Jurassic period.
• Scientists identified a new dinosaur from its bones.
• These dinosaurs disappeared long before humans existed.

Expressions courantes : jurassic dinosaur, cretaceous dinosaur, dinosaur species

dinosaure

Personne ou chose attachée à des idées anciennes, qui change lentement ou refuse de changer.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that is old-fashioned and slow or unwilling to change.

• He is a dinosaur who refuses to use email.
• That company is a dinosaur in a changing industry.
• You sound like a dinosaur when you dismiss every new idea.

Synonymes : relic

Expressions courantes : political dinosaur, corporate dinosaur, old dinosaur

dinosaure

Objet ou système ancien qui ne répond plus aux besoins actuels.

En anglais simple : An old object or system that no longer meets modern needs.

• This computer is a dinosaur.
• They finally replaced that dinosaur of a printer.
• The old payment system had become a dinosaur.

Synonymes : relic

Expressions courantes : computer dinosaur, technological dinosaur, old dinosaur