autotrophn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)trəʊf/, U.S.

/ˈɔdəˌtroʊf/,

/ˈɔdoʊˌtroʊf/,

/ˈɑdəˌtroʊf/,

/ˈɑdoʊˌtroʊf/

Forms: 1900s– autotroph, 1900s– autotrophe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, -troph comb. form.

Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + -troph comb. form, after German autotroph autotrophic adj. Compare earlier autotrophic adj.

Biology.

An autotrophic organism (see autotrophic adj. 1). Also as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun]

colonist1839

benthos1891

land form1897

heterotroph1900

autotroph1901

epibenthos1902

specialist1902

microaerophile1903

nitrifier1903

consumer1904

nitrogen fixer1904

producer1904

indicator1906

psychrophile1906

thermophil1909

sulphuretum1925

influent1926

halobiont1928

halophile1928

mesophile1928

oligosaprobe1931

saprobe1932

eurytope1938

stenotope1938

photoautotroph1939

chemoautotroph1943

prototroph1946

mixotrophy1948

chemolithoautotroph1949

auxotroph1950

chemoheterotroph1951

chemoorganotroph1953

chemolithotroph1955

chemotroph1958

osmophile1961

psychrotroph1963

saprotroph1963

generalist1964

opportunist1967

cryophile1970

1901 New Eng. Med. Monthly Oct. 391/1 Scientists discovered the fact that most heterotrophe [printed hereotrophe], and a few autotrophe plants possessed the faculty of digesting albuminoids.

1938 S. Morgulis tr. A. I. Oparin Origin of Life viii. 207 This fairly isolated group of living things must have arisen..at the same time when the first autotrophes capable of photosynthesis appeared.

1972 J. C. Lerman in Proc. 8th Internat. Conf. Radiocarbon Dating (Royal Soc. N.Z.) II. 613 Most of the higher autotroph land plants when compared with atmospheric CO₂ were ‘highly’ depleted in C¹³.

1997 Guardian 24 July ii. 9/3 The first creatures on the planet were probably autotrophs, bacteria dwelling in volcanic hells, eating rock and farting poisonous gases.

2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands iii. 35 Autotrophs use C-1 molecules (carbon dioxide, methane, methanol) as a carbon source.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	autotroph
释义	autotrophn.adj. Brit. /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)trəʊf/, U.S. /ˈɔdəˌtroʊf/, /ˈɔdoʊˌtroʊf/, /ˈɑdəˌtroʊf/, /ˈɑdoʊˌtroʊf/ Forms: 1900s– autotroph, 1900s– autotrophe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: auto- comb. form¹, -troph comb. form. Etymology: < auto- comb. form¹ + -troph comb. form, after German autotroph autotrophic adj. Compare earlier autotrophic adj. Biology. An autotrophic organism (see autotrophic adj. 1). Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in relation to habitat > [noun] colonist1839 benthos1891 land form1897 heterotroph1900 autotroph1901 epibenthos1902 specialist1902 microaerophile1903 nitrifier1903 consumer1904 nitrogen fixer1904 producer1904 indicator1906 psychrophile1906 thermophil1909 sulphuretum1925 influent1926 halobiont1928 halophile1928 mesophile1928 oligosaprobe1931 saprobe1932 eurytope1938 stenotope1938 photoautotroph1939 chemoautotroph1943 prototroph1946 mixotrophy1948 chemolithoautotroph1949 auxotroph1950 chemoheterotroph1951 chemoorganotroph1953 chemolithotroph1955 chemotroph1958 osmophile1961 psychrotroph1963 saprotroph1963 generalist1964 opportunist1967 cryophile1970 1901 New Eng. Med. Monthly Oct. 391/1 Scientists discovered the fact that most heterotrophe [printed hereotrophe], and a few autotrophe plants possessed the faculty of digesting albuminoids. 1938 S. Morgulis tr. A. I. Oparin Origin of Life viii. 207 This fairly isolated group of living things must have arisen..at the same time when the first autotrophes capable of photosynthesis appeared. 1972 J. C. Lerman in Proc. 8th Internat. Conf. Radiocarbon Dating (Royal Soc. N.Z.) II. 613 Most of the higher autotroph land plants when compared with atmospheric CO₂ were ‘highly’ depleted in C¹³. 1997 Guardian 24 July ii. 9/3 The first creatures on the planet were probably autotrophs, bacteria dwelling in volcanic hells, eating rock and farting poisonous gases. 2006 A. G. van der Valk Biol. Freshwater Wetlands iii. 35 Autotrophs use C-1 molecules (carbon dioxide, methane, methanol) as a carbon source. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1901
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