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Talk about leaving a mark. Meet the world's biggest dinosaur footprint.
说到留下痕迹。现在发现世界上最大的恐龙足迹。
It was discovered in a remote region of northwest Australia by a team of paleontologists from The University of Queensland.
在澳大利亚西北部的偏远地区，一队来自昆士兰大学的古生物学家发现了该足迹。
The track measures nearly 5 feet 7 inches, and it belonged to a sauropod.
这个足迹近5英尺7英寸，属于蜥脚类动物。
The massive footprint was just one of the interesting discoveries the team made in the area, otherwise known as "Australia's Jurassic Park."
巨大的足迹只是这个团队在该地区的有趣发现之一，该地区也被称为“澳大利亚侏罗纪公园”。
This area preserves one of the most diverse dinosaur track faunas anywhere in the world.
该地区是世界上恐龙足迹化石最丰富的地方之一。
Researchers uncovered 21 different prints across the Dampier Peninsula coastline. And these tracks were found in rocks up to 140 million years old.
研究人员在丹皮尔半岛海岸发现了21种不同的足迹。这些足迹在1亿4,000万年的岩石中被发现。
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词汇解析
1、preserve
保持，维持（原状）
We will do everything to preserve peace.
我们会尽全力维持和平。
an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.
在保持原有教学水平的同时招收更多学生的努力
保护；保存；维护
We need to preserve the forest.
我们需要保护森林。
Conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days whether it means preserving old buildings, or protecting the environment.
资源保护是目前备受关注的问题——不管它指的是对古建筑的保护，还是对环境的保护。
保存，腌制（食物）
I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to preserve the plums.
我喜欢做果泥，只需要用一点糖把李子腌一下。
preserved ginger in syrup.
用糖浆腌制的姜
2、measure
衡量；估量;评估;判定
I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.
一所文法学校成功与否是以考上大学的学生人数为衡量依据的。
测量;度量;计量
Measure the length and width of the gap.
测量一下这条缝隙的长与宽。
He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.
他测出了超声波穿过骨头的速度。
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