naturalist

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A natural philosopher; a scientist. obsolete
    — It has also been asserted, by some naturalists, that men do not attain their full growth and strength till thirty; but that women arrive at maturity by twenty.
  2. A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
  3. An expert in natural history or the study of plants and animals.
    — I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist.
  4. A creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism.
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of naturalistic.
    — Trinity received “Birds of America” in 1900 as a gift from Dr. Gordon Russell, a physician and alumnus who was a collector of ornithological and naturalist art.

词形变化

naturalists plural more naturalist comparative most naturalist superlative

词源

词源 1
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.
词源 2
From natural + -ist. Piecewise doublet of naturalista.
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