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单词 sere
释义

sere

1

or sear

[ seer ]
/ sɪər /
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adjective

dry; withered.

Origin of sere

1
before 900; Middle English seer(e), Old English sēar;see sear1

SYNONYMS FOR sere

arid, parched, desiccated, wizened.
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Words nearby sere

Serbo-Croatian, Serbonian, Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Kingdom of the, Sercq, serdab, sere, serein, Seremban, Serena, serenade, serenata

Definition for sere (2 of 2)

sere2
[ seer ]
/ sɪər /

noun

the series of stages in an ecological succession.

Origin of sere

2
First recorded in 1915–20; back formation from series
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British Dictionary definitions for sere (1 of 2)

sere1

sear

/ (sɪə) /

adjective

archaic dried up or withered

verb, noun

a rare spelling of sear 1 (def. 1)

Word Origin for sere

Old English sēar; see sear 1

British Dictionary definitions for sere (2 of 2)

sere2
/ (sɪə) /

noun

the series of changes occurring in the ecological succession of a particular community

Word Origin for sere

C20: from series
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for sere

sere
[ sîr ]

The entire sequence of ecological communities successively occupying an area from the initial stage to the climax community. See more at succession.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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