fauna
英['f??n?]
美['f?n?]
- n. 動(dòng)物群；[動(dòng)] 動(dòng)物區(qū)系
- n. (Fauna)人名；(瑞典)福納
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?faunas;
助記提示
1. Faun(弗恩: 農(nóng)牧神)：Fauna(女農(nóng)牧神)，F(xiàn)aunus(男農(nóng)牧神)，F(xiàn)auna is the sister of Faunus.
2. fauna <=====> flora.
3. 區(qū)分：fauna, flora: 有r是花兒代表植物群，有n代表關(guān)動(dòng)物的圈門(mén)所以表示動(dòng)物群。
4. 諧音：放了，放了，放牧了。
中文詞源
fauna 動(dòng)物群
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)Fauna, Faunua的妻子，姐妹或女兒。-a, 表陰性。瑞典植物學(xué)家林奈借用該詞來(lái)指動(dòng)物群，以與植物群flora相匹配。
英文詞源
- fauna
- fauna: [18] Fauna was a Roman goddess of the countryside, sister of Faunus (the Roman equivalent of Greek Pan) who was a nature and fertility god worshipped by shepherds, farmers, etc. The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus applied her name in 1746 to his catalogue of the animals of Sweden, Fauna suecica ‘Swedish Fauna’, and it has been used since then as a collective term for the animal life of a region (one of the earliest records of its use in English is by the naturalist Gilbert White in 1771). (Faunus, source of English faun [14], may be related ultimately to Latin favēre ‘regard favourably’, source of English favour.)
=> faun - fauna (n.)
- 1771, "the total of the animal life of a certain region or time, from Late Latin Fauna, a rustic Roman fertility goddess who was wife, sister, or daughter (or some combination) of Faunus (see faun).
Popularized by Linnaeus, who adopted it as a companion word to flora and used it in the title of his 1746 catalogue of the animals of Sweden, "Fauna Suecica." First used in English Gilbert White (1720-1793) the parson-naturalist.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. A vacant lot or a bombsite can, to the amateur naturalist, produce an extraordinary variety of flora and fauna.
- 對(duì)于業(yè)余博物學(xué)者來(lái)說(shuō)，在一片空地上或被炸后的廢墟里可能發(fā)現(xiàn)種類繁多的植物群和動(dòng)物群。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Litter breakdown or fragmentation is due to the litter fauna.
- 落葉層粉碎的原因在于落葉層的動(dòng)物相.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. The fauna in the Joli Fou consists of bivalves and arenaceous forams.
- 喬里富組內(nèi)的化石主要是雙殼類和砂殼有孔蟲(chóng).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. All of this unfolds into a panorama of beautifully balanced fauna and flora.
- 組合成了奇異的“動(dòng)植物王國(guó)”.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 散文英譯
- 5. There they compile precious documents on the manners, government, religion, fauna and flora of the country.
- 他們?cè)谶@里搜集了不少關(guān)于風(fēng)俗 、 政府 、 宗教 、 當(dāng)?shù)貏?dòng)植物等方面的寶貴資料.
來(lái)自辭典例句