genus

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n. 种, 类 [医] 属(分类)

发音

UK /ˈdʒiːnəs/
UK /ˈdʒɛnəs/
US /ˈd͡ʒiːnəs/

词形变化

genera 复数 genera genii genuses genusses genuses 复数 genusses 复数 genii 复数

别名

gen.

教材释义与例句

名词

类，种； 属

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

    属

    生物

    All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

    Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

    There are only two genera and species of seadragons.

  2. 2.

    A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

    A taxon at this rank.

    生物

    In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.

  3. 3.

    A group with common attributes.

  4. 4.

    A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.

    亏格

    数学
  5. 5.

    Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

    语言学
  6. 6.

    A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.

    音乐

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

kind sort form variety taxon

下位词 2

form genus type genus

部分词 2

species subgenus

整体词 1

family

相关短语

genus name genus names et hoc genus omne [拉](=and all that kind of thing)诸如此类 et id genus omne & hoc genus omne form genus 形态属 summum genus cloud genus type genus 典型属 Euler-Fokker genus Euler genus

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genusbor. English genus Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). Doublet of gender and genre, further related to kin.

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