| 单词 | trophic |
| 释义 | trophic (once / 151530 pages) adj Trophic things have something to do with food, eating, or nutrition. You're most likely to encounter this word in an Earth science or biology textbook, where you might read about trophic webs, or interconnected food chains. Many important ideas in the study of ecology, or the science of how organisms relate to their environment and each other, have some connection to trophic subjects. One example is a "trophic cascade," an upset in the food chain that happens when large numbers of predators are removed.Trophic has a Greek root, trophe, "nourishment or food." WORD FAMILYtrophic USAGE EXAMPLESLosses of species can threaten the resilience and function of ecosystems through what ecologists call “trophic cascades”—an extinction domino effect. National Geographic(Feb 26, 2016) Without the seeds, biologists fear what's called a "trophic cascade," where the entire food chain shifts as a primary producer drops out. Scientific American(Oct 08, 2014) Isaac kept attacking the trophies, jumping on them with both feet, screaming, breathless, sweaty, until finally he collapsed on top of the jagged trophic remnants. John Green, The Fault in Our Stars(2012) adj of or relating to nutrition a trophic level on the food chain |
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