now-extinct
UK/naʊ-ɪk'stɪŋkt/US
释义
adj.
No longer existing; recently or presently died out.
现已灭绝的
词根拆分
词根派生nowroot
+
extinct出自，前任
=now-extinct
now + extinct：透明的复合修饰语，「如今已灭绝的」——置于名词前（the now-extinct dodo）。
例句
- 1.
The museum displays bones of the now-extinct giant sloth.
博物馆展出了现已灭绝的大地懒的骨骼。