| 单词 | die-off |
| 释义 | die-off[ dahy-awf, -of ] / ˈdaɪˌɔf, -ˌɒf / nouna sudden, natural perishing of large numbers of a species, population, or community. Origin of die-offFirst recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase die off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with die-offdie off Perish one by one, as in A celibate community, the Shakers are dying off. [Late 1600s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Scientific definitions for die-offdie-off [ dī′ôf′ ] A sudden, severe decline in a population or community of organisms as a result of natural causes. Local die-offs can be caused by such factors as an unusual or extreme weather pattern, an outbreak of disease, or toxic algal blooms in a body of water. Widespread or global die-offs in which a species or group of species becomes extinct are generally associated with rapid climate change or other large-scale environmental dislocations. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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