ecology

名词 n.
/ɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/    /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/|/iˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/|/ɪˈkɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other. countable,uncountable
    — As a graduate student, he was working on a thesis: The Ecology of the Black Creek Area. He had to investigate the relationships, past and present, of men and plants and animals in this region.
  2. Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — social ecology
  3. The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other. countable,uncountable

词形变化

ecologies plural oecology alternative,archaic œcology alternative,archaic

词源

Calque of German Ökologie (coined in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel), from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, eco- + -logy.
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