geography

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/|/ˈdʒɒɡɹəfi/    美 /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them. countable,uncountable
    — Some amount of basic geography is part of any good curriculum for primary and secondary education.
  2. An atlas or gazetteer. archaic,countable
  3. A description of the earth: a treatise or textbook on geography. archaic,countable
    — Geographie is (according to Ptolomei) an imitation of the picture of the vvhole Earth. […] VVe take not the Earth ſimply in its ovvn nature as it is an element, for ſo it belongeth to Philoſophy, but for the terreſtrial Globe, ſo it is the ſubiect of Geographie, and is defined to bee a Sphericall body, proportionably compoſed of earth, and vvater.
  4. Terrain: the physical properties of a region of the earth. countable,uncountable
    — The geography of the Andes approaches never made transportation easy; routes to Bogota, Quito, La Paz, and Cuzco were so precipitous as to slow down the development of those Spanish cities in the interior.
  5. Any subject considered in terms of its physical distribution. countable,uncountable
  6. Similar books, studies, or regions concerning other planets. countable,uncountable
  7. The physical arrangement of any place, particularly (UK, slang) a house. countable,uncountable
  8. The lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. countable,euphemistic,uncountable
    — The Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’
  9. The relative arrangement of the parts of anything. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The actual geography of the murderous mind is still a mystery.
  10. A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector. countable,uncountable
    — We currently operate only in EU countries but we're building prototype services for various geographies.

词形变化

geographies plural

词汇关系

近义词
loo geography
上位词
science
衍生词
aerogeography anthropogeography astrogeography biogeography cytogeography ecogeographic ecogeographical ecogeography ethnogeography exogeography galactography geographer geographic geographical geographism geographist geographize geography bee geography cone geography fair geographylike human geography hydrogeography ichthyogeography macrogeography microgeography mythogeography mytho-geography neogeography neurogeography nongeography nosogeography ornithogeography palaeogeography paleogeography pathogeography pedogeography phenogeography phylogeography physical geography physiogeography phytogeography political geography psychogeography pyrogeography sociogeography xenogeography zoogeography
相关词
Earth landform map atlas gazetteer latitude longitude altitude settlement continent subcontinent island mountain valley body of water ocean river lake Africa Antarctica Australia North America South America Eurasia Europe Asia Nearctic Palearctic Afrotropic Indomalaya Australasia Neotropic Oceania Antarctic city town village bridge road tunnel country administrative division geographer cartographer
部分词
human geography physical geography geomorphology biogeography climatology meteorology pedology palaeogeography

词源

Etymology tree
Pre-Greek der.
Proto-Hellenic *gayader.
Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
Ancient Greek γῆ (gê)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)
Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
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Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)
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Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek γεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)bor.
Latin geōgraphia
Middle French géographie
English geography
From Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía, “a description of the earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Use in reference to lavatories derives from the mid-20th century euphemism "show one the geography of the house" in reference to pointing out the toilets.
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