botany
英 ['b?t(?)n?]
美['bɑt?ni]
- n. 植物學(xué)；地區(qū)植物總稱
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中文詞源
botany 植物園
來(lái)自希臘詞botane, 植物，草，詞源同pasture, 放牧。
英文詞源
- botany
- botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.
- botany (n.)
- 1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.
- 1982年以前他一直是達(dá)勒姆大學(xué)生物系的高級(jí)講師。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.
- 對(duì)于19世紀(jì)的同行來(lái)說(shuō)，羅伯特·布朗是植物學(xué)巨匠。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.
- 他的植物學(xué)教科書中對(duì)那題目的敘述不充分.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. He studied botany at university.
- 他在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)植物學(xué).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Dr. Williams instructs us in botany.
- 威廉博士教我們植物學(xué).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》