-Do you people still use fossil fuel, or have you discovered crystallic fusion?
-Well, let's see. We got double-A's.

——Toy Story

-你们现在是用化石燃料，还是结晶体熔解物？
-我想想...我们有三号电池。

——《玩具总动员》

一、下面我们来看看fossil有几种含义

adj.

1.化石的 preserved from a past geologic age

And fauna of the pleistocene age have been preserved in fossil form.

更新时期的动植物遗迹以化石的形式保存了下来。

 

2.陈腐的，守旧的 being or resembling a fossil

Youngsters' duds were not in their elder's old and fossil style any more.

青少年的服饰已不如他们的父辈那样古老守旧。

 

n.

1.化石 the remains of an animal or a plant which have become hard and turned into rock

Can you date the fossil exactly?

你能确定这化石的确切年代吗？

 

2.僵化的事物；老顽固，顽固不化的人 an old person, especially six who is unable to accept new ideas or adapt to changes

My father is an old fossil.

我老爸是个老顽固。

 

二、下面我们来学习一下含有fossil的常见短语 

fossil fuel

矿物燃料

 

fossil oil

石油

 

guide fossil

标志化石，标准化石，指导性化石，指示化石

 

index fossil

标准化石

 

三、接下来，做个小游戏巩固一下

So you have more information in it than almost any _____ you could think of.

这样一来，你可以比从其他任何化石中所能了解到信息都要多。