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阿普吐龙

ā pǔ tǔ lóngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus / also called 雷龍|雷龙[léi lóng]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-21f5ee544d438189. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

阿普吐龍 阿普吐龙 [a1 pu3 tu3 long2] /apatosaurus/former name: brontosaurus/also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2]/

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Other forms in these source records: 阿普吐龍

  • 阿
    ā

    prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn] "Afghanistan"

    ē

    (literary) to flatter / to curry favor with

  • 普
    pǔ

    general / popular / everywhere / universal

  • 吐
    tǔ

    to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances)

    tù

    to vomit / to throw up

  • 龙
    lóng

    Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur

    Lóng

    surname Long

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.