| 单词 | animal behaviour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanimal behaviour animal behaviour n. the behaviour of animals; (in later use) esp. the study of this as a branch of zoology (cf. ethology n. 4). ΚΠ 1888 Science 27 Apr. 199/2 We must..decide from the results whether our notions of the plan of animal behavior is valid or not. 1900 C. L. Morgan Animal Behaviour vii. 310 Though the importance of intelligent adjustment to the circumstances of life is widely admitted as a general principle, it is perhaps through a study of animal behaviour that we are best able to realize its full range and extent. 1967 N. Tinbergen in A. Manning Introd. Animal Behaviour p. v The study of animal behaviour is now becoming recognized as one of the major branches of biology. 2009 Province (Vancouver) (Nexis) 25 Nov. a20 Researchers in animal behaviour have long known that monogamy is uncommon in the natural world. < as lemmas |
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