species
英 ['spi??i?z; -??z; 'spi?s-]
美['spi?iz]
- n. [生物] 物种；种类
- adj. 物种上的
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词态变化
复数:?species;
英文词源
- species (n.)
- late 14c. as a classification in logic, from Latin species "a particular sort, kind, or type" (opposed to genus), originally "a sight, look, view, appearance," hence also "a spectacle; mental appearance, idea, notion; a look; a pretext; a resemblance; a show or display," typically in passive senses; in Late Latin, "a special case;" related to specere "to look at, to see, behold," from PIE *spek- (see scope (n.1)). From 1550s as "appearance, outward form;" 1560s as "distinct class (of something) based on common characteristics." Biological sense is from c. 1600. Endangered species first attested 1964.
双语例句
- 1. Since the birds interbreed they cannot be classed as different species.
- 由于这些鸟进行杂交繁殖，不能把它们归为不同的物种。
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- 2. Hybridising the two species will reduce the red to orange.
- 将这两个物种杂交后颜色会由红色淡化成橙色。
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- 3. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing cond-itions.
- 某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
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- 4. The disease can spread from one mammalian species to another.
- 这种疾病能够在不同的哺乳类物种之间传播。
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- 5. Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.
- 在该地区还发现了海鸥的其他亚种。
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