单词 | ornithology |
释义 | ornithology From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Birdsornithologyor‧ni‧thol‧o‧gy /ˌɔːnəˈθɒlədʒi $ ˌɔːrnəˈθɑː-/ noun [uncountable]HBBthe scientific study of birds —ornithological /ˌɔːnəθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ ˌɔːrnəθəˈlɑː-/ adjectiveExamples from the Corpusornithology• I've got my ornithology, my Lost City trips - places where no white man's been.• They're just the people to spot the finer points of ornithology, are they?• It was around this time that I first discovered the darker side of ornithology - the effect of man on the environment.Origin ornithology (1600-1700) Modern Latin ornithologia, from Greek ornis “bird” |
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