Definitions
- 1. fossil
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Collocations
Common collocations: 化石燃料 (fossil fuel), 活化石 (living fossil).
Common mistakes
化石 only refers to remains or impressions of ancient organisms preserved in rock, not to any old object. Do not use for things like 'fossilized ideas'; use 陈旧 or 过时 for that sense.
Example Sentences
1 shown这块 化石 是恐龙的骨骼。
This fossil is a dinosaur bone.
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