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单词 habitat
释义 hab·i·tat
\ˈhabəˌtat, usu -ad.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, it inhabits, 3d person singular present indicative of habitare to inhabit (the initial word in Latin descriptions of species of fauna and flora in old natural histories) — more at habit
1.
 a. : the place where a plant or animal species naturally lives and grows
  < found as weeds throughout the tropics, but their original habitat has not been determined — Walter Bally >
 b. : the kind of site or region with respect to physical features (as soil, weather, elevation) naturally or normally preferred by a biological species
  < provides three main kinds of habitat, namely rocks, sand, and mud — W.H.Dowdeswell >
  < shell opaque and dull, varying in solidity according to the habitat >
 c. : the purely physical environment of a locality occupied by a human group
  < unable to maintain themselves as rulers in the steppe habitat of the nomads — Owen & Eleanor Lattimore >
2. : the place where something is commonly found
 < has its natural habitat in university, in government, or in industrial laboratories — B.B.Watson >
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