| 释义 |
trans·gres·sive
I. \-esiv, -sēv also -səv\ adjective
Etymology: Latin transgressus + English -ive
1. archaic : disposed or tending to transgress, violate, or go beyond a limit
2. : progressively overlapping or passing over or beyond
< a suite of transgressive sediments >
< the deposits of transgressive seas >
3.
a. : going beyond the limits set by the ancestral condition usually because of segregation and recombination of polygenic factors in the progeny of a hybrid
< transgressive variation >
< transgressive inheritance >
b. of a plant : being at different stages of the life history a part of more than one stratum of the community of which it is a member
• trans·gres·sive·ly \-sə̇vlē, -li\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
: a transgressive element of an ecological community |