Habitat



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 自然环境, 栖息地
• ［英］ n. 自然环境, 栖息地 ( native environment)
• ［记］ habit ( 住) +at -> 住的地方 -> 栖息地
• ［同］ 同根词: habitant ( 居民) ; habitable ( 可居住的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, it inhabits, from habitare
• Date: 1796
• 1.
  • a. the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
  • b. the typical place of residence of a person or a group
  • c. a housing for a controlled physical environment in which people can live under surrounding inhospitable conditions (as under the sea)
• 2. the place where something is commonly found

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