-tropism

短语

n. 取向；向性；[生物] 趋性；向性运动

发音

UK /-ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m/
US /-ˈtɹoʊˌpɪzəm/
其它

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    movement, turning.

  2. 2.

    growth towards.

    生物

词源

From Latin tropus (English trope) + -ism, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Early use in botany as geotropism and heliotropism.

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