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单词 oligotrophy
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oligotrophyn.

Brit. /ˈɒlᵻɡə(ʊ)ˌtrəʊfi/, U.S. /ˈɑləɡoʊˌtroʊfi/, /ˈoʊləɡoʊtroʊfi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin oligotrophia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin oligotrophia (1626 or earlier) < Hellenistic Greek ὀλιγοτροϕία little nourishment < ancient Greek ὀλιγοτρόϕος giving little nourishment, taking little nourishment ( < ὀλιγο- oligo- comb. form + -τροϕος , combining form < an ablaut variant of the base of τρέϕειν to nourish: see tropho- comb. form) + -ία -y suffix3. In sense 2 after German Oligotrophie (A. Thienemann Die Binnengewässer Mitteleuropas (1925) iv. 198). Compare French oligotrophie (1721 in medical use; compare sense 1).
1. A lack of nourishment. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment > lack of nourishment
oligotrophy1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Oligotrophy, a Decrease of Nourishment, or a very small one.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Oligotrophy, a decrease of Nourishment, or a very small one.
2. Ecology. The condition of being oligotrophic.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [noun] > conditions of
optimum1848
thermoneutrality1881
normothermia1898
comfort zone1923
oligotrophy1928
saprobity1956
saprobic system1967
saprobicity1971
1928 Proc. Linn. Soc. 140 109 Even if the natural course is from oligotrophy to eutrophy, the opposite process may also be found.
1973 P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xviii. 258 It is the change from oligotrophy to eutrophy, simulating as it does the natural aging of a lake, which gives rise to the idea that polluted lakes are dying or actually dead.
2001 Environmental Toxicol. 16 483 Due to the increasing oligotrophy of Lake Ammersee.., metalimnic Planktothrix have become one of the dominant planktonic species causing regular blooms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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