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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ecol·o·gy (plural -gies) ETYMOLOGY German Ökologie, from öko- eco- + -logie -logy DATE 1873 1. a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments 2. the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment 3. human ecology 4. environment , climate the moral ecology also : an often delicate or intricate system or complex the ecology of language English Etymology ecology 1873, coined by Ger. zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Okologie, from Gk. oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (see villa) + -logia "study of." Ecosphere (1953) is the region around a star where conditions allow life-bearing planets to exist. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ecology ecol·ogy / i5kClEdVi; NAmE i5kB:l- / noun[U] the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment; the study of this 生态；生态学: plant / animal / human ecology 植物/动物/人类生态学 the ecology movement 生态保护运动 Oil pollution could damage the fragile ecology of the coral reefs. 石油污染可能破坏珊瑚礁脆弱的生态环境。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English ecology noun ADJ. fragile | animal, human, marine, plant VERB + ECOLOGY damage, disrupt ECOLOGY + NOUN movement Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ecol·o·gy noun also oe·col·o·gy or ae·col·o·gy \-jē, -ji\ (-es) Etymology: German ökologie, from ök- ec- (II) + -logie -logy 1. : a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments especially as manifested by natural cycles and rhythms, community development and structure, interaction between different kinds of organisms, geographic distributions, and population alterations — see autecology , genecology , synecology ; compare biogeography , phytosociology 2. : the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment < the ecology of a mountain pine > < assist the peasants … in improving their ecology and technology — R.A.Hall b.1911 > 3. : human ecology |
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