habitat

英 ['h?b?t?t] 美['h?b?'t?t]

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復(fù)數(shù):?habitats;

habitat 棲息地

詞源同habitable,適宜居住的。

habitat (n.): "area or region where a plant or animal naturally grows or lives," 1762, originally a technical term in Latin texts on English flora and fauna, literally "it inhabits," third person singular present indicative of habitare "to live, dwell," frequentative of habere "to have, to hold, possess" (see habit (n.)). This was the Modern Latin word that began the part of the scientific description of a plant or animal species that told its locality. General sense of "dwelling place" is first attested 1854.

1. In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.: 在原生境中，木槿能長(zhǎng)到25英尺高。

2. Few countries have as rich a diversity of habitat as South Africa.: 幾乎沒(méi)有哪個(gè)國(guó)家像南非那樣擁有如此多樣化的動(dòng)植物棲生地。

5. To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.: 為挽救現(xiàn)存獸群和它們的棲息地，國(guó)家公園部計(jì)劃選擇性捕殺2,000頭大象。