lusus naturae

短语

[拉]大自然的玩笑[恶作剧], 天生的畸形, 畸形物

发音

UK /ˈluːsəs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/
其它
UK /ˈluːsuːs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/
UK /ˈljuːsuːs nəˈtjʊəɹiː/

词形变化

lusûs naturae 复数

别名

lusus lusus naturæ

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sportive quality in Nature to which abnormal forms were formerly ascribed; a supposed capricious act of Nature regarded as the cause and origin of anomalies in a given organism.

    历史
  2. 2.

    An organism exhibiting marked such deviation from the norm, seeming to be the result of sportive design; a freak of nature.

    可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

monster freak monstrosity

上位词 4

sport mutant mutation variation

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin lūsus nātūrae (literally “sport of Nature”), from lūsus (“playing, sport”) + nātūrae (“of Nature”), genitive singular of nātūra (“Nature”). Originally used to explain fossils (pre-paleontology) or abnormalities such as two-headed snakes.

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