Symbiosis



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.共生 ( 关系)
• ［英］ n.共生 ( 关系) ( the living together in more or less intimate association or closer union of two dissimilar organisms; a cooperative relationship)
• ［记］ sym ( 共同) +bio ( 生命) +sis -> 共生

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural symbioses)

• Etymology: New Latin, from German Symbiose, from Greek symbiōsis state of living together, from symbioun to live together, from symbios living together, from syn- + bios life — more at quick
• Date: 1622
• 1. the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism); especially mutualism
• 2. a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups) <the symbiosis…between the resident population and the immigrants — John Geipel>
• ? symbiotic adjective
• ? symbiotically adverb

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