| 单词 | carbon footprint |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarbon footprint carbon footprint n. the environmental impact of a particular individual, community, or organization, or of a specific event, product, etc., measured in terms of the total associated greenhouse gas emissions, and typically expressed in terms of the (annual) equivalent in tons of carbon dioxide; cf. footprint n. 8. ΚΠ 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food Apr. 86/2 To cancel out the damage we do, Morrell believes we should plant trees, and that in doing so an individual or organisation can erase their carbon ‘footprint’. 2006 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 10 June d16 Somebody who wants to reduce his ‘carbon footprint’ can bicycle to work. 2011 True Loaf (Real Bread Campaign) No. 6. 10/1 Grain shipped to the UK from Australia will have a lower carbon footprint than if this same quantity of grain had been transported the same distance overland in a fleet of lorries. < as lemmas |
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