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botany

英 ['bɒt(ə)nɪ]美 ['bɑtəni]

n. 植物学；地区植物总称

星级词汇:★★★

中文词源

botany 植物园

来自希腊词botane, 植物，草，词源同pasture, 放牧。

英语词源

botany

botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.

botany (n.)

1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.

权威例句

1. Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.

1982年以前他一直是达勒姆大学生物系的高级讲师。

2. To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.

对于19世纪的同行来说，罗伯特·布朗是植物学巨匠。

3. The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.

他的植物学教科书中对那题目的叙述不充分.

4. He studied botany at university.

他在大学学习植物学.

5. Dr. Williams instructs us in botany.

威廉博士教我们植物学.

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