| 单词 | insectology |
| 释义 | insectology in British English (ˌɪnsɛktˈɒlədʒɪ) noun the study of the relationship between insects and humans, and hence the study of insects as agricultural pests, as producers of silk, etc insectology in American English (ˌinsekˈtɑlədʒi) noun entomology Derived forms insectologer noun Word origin [1760–70; insect + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: broadcast, lockup, provincialism, right of way, sounding board-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, geology, methodology, reflexology, typology |
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