species

英 ['spi??i?z; -??z; 'spi?s-] 美['spi?iz]

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復(fù)數(shù):?species;

species (n.): late 14c. as a classification in logic, from Latin species "a particular sort, kind, or type" (opposed to genus), originally "a sight, look, view, appearance," hence also "a spectacle; mental appearance, idea, notion; a look; a pretext; a resemblance; a show or display," typically in passive senses; in Late Latin, "a special case;" related to specere "to look at, to see, behold," from PIE *spek- (see scope (n.1)). From 1550s as "appearance, outward form;" 1560s as "distinct class (of something) based on common characteristics." Biological sense is from c. 1600. Endangered species first attested 1964.

1. Since the birds interbreed they cannot be classed as different species.: 由于這些鳥進行雜交繁殖，不能把它們歸為不同的物種。

2. Hybridising the two species will reduce the red to orange.: 將這兩個物種雜交后顏色會由紅色淡化成橙色。

3. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing cond-itions.: 某些種類的動植物不能適應(yīng)迅速變化的環(huán)境。

4. The disease can spread from one mammalian species to another.: 這種疾病能夠在不同的哺乳類物種之間傳播。

5. Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.: 在該地區(qū)還發(fā)現(xiàn)了海鷗的其他亞種。

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