habitat

英 [ˈhæbɪtæt]

美 [ˈhæbɪtæt]

n.  (动植物的)生活环境，栖息地

复数：habitats　

考研TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8医学

Collins.2 / BNC.4609 / COCA.3221

牛津词典

noun

• （动植物的）生活环境，栖息地
  the place where a particular type of animal or plant is normally found
  1. The panda's natural habitat is the bamboo forest.
     大熊猫的天然栖息地是竹林。
  2. the destruction of wildlife habitat
     野生动植物生存环境的破坏

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （动植物的）生境，栖生地，产地
  Thehabitatof an animal or plant is the natural environment in which it normally lives or grows.
  1. In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft...
     在原生境中，木槿能长到25英尺高。
  2. Few countries have as rich a diversity of habitat as South Africa.
     几乎没有哪个国家像南非那样拥有如此多样化的动植物栖生地。

英英释义

noun

• the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
  1. a marine habitat
  2. he felt safe on his home grounds
  Synonym:home ground

双语例句

• Few countries have as rich a diversity of habitat as South Africa.
  几乎没有哪个国家像南非那样拥有如此多样化的动植物栖生地。
• Are one of the most hardy birds, habitat in the northern tundra and boreal forests, and barren mountains and desert.
  是最坚强的鸟类，栖息地北部苔原和寒带森林和荒山和沙漠。
• To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
  为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
• But that water, in some cases, ends up as habitat for birds and wildlife.
  但在某些情况下，这些水会成为鸟类和野生动物的栖息地。
• And humans invade the natural habitat of animals.
  人类侵略了动物的自然环境。
• Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
  许多物种由于我们破坏了它们的自然环境，现在正面临灭绝的危险。
• "Fish stocks are already under threat from overfishing and habitat loss," said Turley.
  “鱼类资源已经面临着过度捕捞和栖息地流逝的威胁，”Turley说。
• The negative effects of habitat fragmentation on wildlife are focused by global ecologists and conservation biologists.
  栖息地破碎化给野生动物带来的不良后果是全球生态学家和保护生物学家共同关心的问题。
• But clouds of pesticide killed the mosquitoes, and draining of inland wetlands reduced their habitat.
  但人们通过大量喷洒杀虫剂杀死了蚊虫，通过排干内陆湿地减少了蚊虫的栖居地。
• It does matter if we destroy an endangered species habitat to develop more farmland, housing or industrial parks.
  是的，这个问题非常有所谓，如果我们为了开发更多的农田，住房和工业区而去破坏濒危物种的栖息地。