| 单词 | biology |
| 释义 | biology (once / 550 pages) n Biology is the study of life and living organisms, from one-celled creatures to the most complex living organism of all — the human being. Biology includes the study of genes and cells that give living things their special characteristics. You may know that the ology suffix means "the study of," and the addition of the Greek bios, meaning "life," gives us the meaning of biology. According to Nobel Laureate Walter Gilbert, "Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being." Sometimes science isn't as pretty as that sounds (as you know if you've cut open worms or frogs in biology class). WORD FAMILYbiology: biologic, biological, biologies, biologist, microbiology+/biological: biologically/biologist: biologists/microbiologist: microbiologists/microbiology: microbiologist USAGE EXAMPLES“We use the farm to teach chemistry, math, biology,” she explained to me one morning between classes. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Despite spending billions of dollars on weight-loss drugs and dieting programs, even the most motivated are working against their own biology. New York Times(May 02, 2016) When he was called to testify before Parliament, Dave Goulson, a biology professor at the University of Sussex, sat next to him. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n the science that studies living organisms Syn|Hypo|Hyper biological science biogeography dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants botany, phytologythe branch of biology that studies plants cryobiologythe branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms cytologythe branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells bionomics, ecology, environmental sciencethe branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment embryologythe branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms astrobiology, exobiology, space biologythe branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life forestrythe science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber genetic science, geneticsthe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms microbiologythe branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans molecular biologythe branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role) morphologythe branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants neurobiologythe branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system palaeobiology, paleobiologya branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms physiologythe branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms radiobiologythe branch of biology that studies the effects of radiation on living organisms sociobiologythe branch of biology that conducts comparative studies of the social organization of animals (including human beings) with regard to its evolutionary history zoological science, zoologythe branch of biology that studies animals undercuta notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall anatomy, general anatomythe branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals mycologythe branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases pomologythe branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits cryonicsthe freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life cytogeneticsthe branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes) silviculturethe branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests bugology, entomologythe branch of zoology that studies insects ethologythe branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats herpetologythe branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians ichthyologythe branch of zoology that studies fishes malacologythe branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks mammalogythe branch of zoology that studies mammals oologythe branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number) ornithologythe branch of zoology that studies birds protozoologythe branch of zoology that studies protozoans palaeobotany, paleobotanythe study of fossil plants algology, phycologythe branch of botany that studies algae pteridologythe branch of botany that studies ferns palaeozoology, paleozoologythe study of fossil animals genomicsthe branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences) proteomicsthe branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome molecular geneticsthe branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level pharmacogeneticsthe branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms teratologythe branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism neurophysiologythe branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system neurosciencethe scientific study of the nervous system hemodynamicsthe branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved kinesiologythe branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement myologythe branch of physiology that studies muscles palaeoecology, paleoecologythe branch of ecology that studies ancient ecology biotech, biotechnologythe branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes bioscience, life science any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms 2n characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms the biology of viruses Hyper life the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones 3n all the plant and animal life of a particular region Syn|Hyper biota accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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