Columbian Exchange

短语

哥伦布大交换

词形变化

the Columbian Exchange

别名

Columbian exchange

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage.

    哥伦布大交换

词源

First used in 1972 by American historian Alfred W. Crosby, in his eponymous work of environmental history, thereafter rapidly being adopted by other historians and journalists.

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