extant
extant 英 [ekˈstænt] 美 [ˈɛkstənt, ɛkˈstænt]
adj. 现存的；显著的
- Use the adjective extant to describe old things that are still around, like your extant diary from third grade or the only extant piece of pottery from certain craftspeople who lived hundreds of years ago.
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- adj. 现存的；显著的
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1. I love the exhibition building. It’s one of the finest extant examples of classical architecture.
弗雷德说，“我喜欢这个会展大楼，它是现存最杰出的古典建筑之一。
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2. Today, this bizarre but fascinating creature is known as the platypus, one of only five extant monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
如今，这种怪诞但迷人的生物被命名为鸭嘴兽，现存的五种卵生哺乳动物之一。
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3. Researchers studying tyrannosaurs have had a leg up over those working on other dinosaurs—and even some extant animals—given T. rex's wide popularity.
研究霸王龙的科研人员在研究其他种类的恐龙，甚至是在研究一些现存的动物上很占优势，这也就使得霸王龙广受欢迎。
- extant (adj.) 1540s, "standing out above a surface," from Latin extantem (nominative extans), present participle of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex "out" (see ex-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Sense of "in existence" attested in English by 1560s. Related: Extance; extancy, both 17c., both obsolete.
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