| 单词 | taxis |
| 释义 | taxis taxis1 /tak"sis/, n. , pl. taxes /tak"seez/. 1. arrangement or order, as in one of the physical sciences. 2. Biol. oriented movement of a motile organism in response to an external stimulus, as toward or away from light. 3. Surg. the replacing of a displaced part, or the reducing of a hernia or the like, by manipulation without cutting. 4. Archit. the adaptation to the purposes of a building of its various parts. [1720-30; < NL < Gk táxis, equiv. to tak- (base of tássein to arrange, put in order) + -sis -SIS] taxis2 /tak"seez/, n. a pl. of taxi. |
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