| 单词 | ecology |
| 释义 | ecology (once / 3251 pages) n The noun ecology describes the environment as it connects to living things, or the branch of biology that studies that environment. The German zoologist Ernst Haeckel coined the word ecology almost 150 years ago, and it should come as no surprise — his being a serious scientist and all — that he combined a couple of Greek words to do it. Oikos means "habitation" and -ology means "the study of." So ecology started off as the study of where things live. More and more, though, the word is used interchangeably with environment. WORD FAMILYecology: ecologic, ecological, ecologies, ecologist+/ecological: ecologically/ecologist: ecologists USAGE EXAMPLESWhile stylishly revealing his amazing insights and discoveries, including the concept of ecology, her account portrays a genuinely nice man. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The study, published in Journal of Animal Ecology, was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) It is geology, ecology, meteorology, economics, and many other disciplines rolled into one. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) 1n the environment as it relates to living organisms it changed the ecology of the island Hyper environment the totality of surrounding conditions 2n the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment Syn|Hypo|Hyper bionomics, environmental science palaeoecology, paleoecology the branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms |
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