natural history

英 [ˌnætʃrəl ˈhɪstri]

美 [ˌnætʃrəl ˈhɪstri]

n.  博物学; (某地区的)动植物研究

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 博物学；（某地区的）动植物研究
  the study of plants and animals; an account of the plant and animal life of a particular place
  1. the Natural History Museum
     自然历史博物馆
  2. He has written a natural history of Scotland.
     他写了一本苏格兰博物志。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 博物学
  Natural historyis the study of animals and plants and other living things.
  1. Schools regularly bring children to the beach for natural history lessons.
     学校经常安排孩子们去海滩上博物学课。

英英释义

noun

• the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

双语例句

• The American Museum of Natural History has the largest collection of vertebrate fossils in the world.
  美国自然历史博物馆搜集了全世界最多的脊椎动物化石。
• But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
  博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。
• Exhibit the culture of the people of Western Kenya, prehistory, and natural history.
  陈列肯亚西部文化、史前史和自然史。
• He also wrote 300 monthly commentaries published in the magazine Natural History.
  他还为《自然史》杂志写了300篇每月的评论。
• On his days off he takes them to the Museum of Natural History or the Planetarium.
  他休假的日子，就带他们去自然历史博物馆或是天文馆。
• We will study their natural history in the field.
  我们将在实地研究它们的自然发展过程。
• A biologist knowledgeable about natural history ( especially botany and zoology).
  通晓自然界历史（尤其是植物学和动物学）的生物学家。
• The wilderness is a living museum of natural history.
  这片荒野是一座活生生的自然历史博物馆。
• There is a special dinosaur on display in the Museum of natural history.
  自然历史博物馆里陈列着一个特殊的恐龙。
• Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third programme in the BBC's fascinating new natural history series.
  在BBC引人入胜的新自然历史系列节目中，作为主题的淡水为其第三集提供了广阔的素材。