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雅思阅读词汇详解:生物学相关词汇

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  1. habitat n. the natural home of a plant or animal 栖息地或产地: I prefer to see animals in their natural habitat, rather than in zoos.

  相关语汇

  habitation: The dilapidated hut is unfit for human habitation.

  habitable: Their damp house is scarcely habitable.

  uninhabitable: The planet Jupiter is uninhabitable.

  inhabit: Woodpeckers inhabit hollow trees.

  2. infest v. to be present in large numbers or to a great degree 出没于; 侵扰; 骚扰: It would be crazy to swim in these shark-infested waters.

  近义语汇

  swarm: The place was swarming with tourists.

  teem: This river teems with all kinds of fish in summer.

  overrun: The stables are overrun with rats.

  beset: The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.

  3. lifespan n. the average length of life of a sort of animal or plant or the time for which a material object will last 平均寿命; 使用年限: Men have a short lifespan than women.

  相关语汇

  life expectancy or expectation of life 预期寿命; 平均寿命:

  Life expectancy for men is about 78 years in Japan.

  解构分析

  span n. 指一段时间或跨度/全长: attention span; memory span;

  an unbroken span of concentration; The bridge crosses the river in a single span.

  span v. 跨越/横跨; 延伸/贯穿: His interests spanned a wide range of

  subjects. The game has a history spanning three centuries.故lifespan的直意为生命的跨度

  4. metabolism n. the system of chemical activities by which a living thing gains power, esp. from food 新陈代谢: The metabolism is slowed down by extreme cold.

  同源语汇

  metabolic: People who have inherited a low metabolic rate will gain weight.

  metabolize: Diabetics cannot metabolize glucose properly.

  5. torpid a. having lost the power of feeling or moving; lazy or inactive; moving or thinking slowly 失去活动能力的; 处于蛰伏状态的: The heat and humidity made us feel torpid.

  近义语汇

  lethargic: The weather made her listless and lethargic.

  sluggish: sluggish traffic; a sluggish economy

  dormant: During the winter the seeds lie dormant in the soil.

  latent: These children have a huge reserve of latent talent.

  

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