释义 |
eurythermal, a. Biol.|jʊərɪˈθɜːməl| [ad. G. eurytherm (K. Möbius 1871, in Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel (1873) I. 139), f. Gr. εὐρύ-ς wide + thermal a.] Able to tolerate a wide range of temperature. So ˈeurytherm, euryˈthermic, euryˈthermous adjs.
1881[see stenothermal s.v. steno-]. 1888Challenger Rep.: Zool. XXIX. 421 Such animals are distinguished as eurytherm, in opposition to stenotherm animals, which can live only in warm or only in cold water. 1903Nature 5 Nov. 23/2 Twelve [species] were eurythermic and eurybathic, ranging from the surface to 700 fathoms in both areas. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 311/2 Eurythermous. 1964V. J. Chapman Coastal Veg. iii. 73 F[ucus] serratus..can be regarded as a eurythermal species. |