plankton

FREQ #20470

n. (总称)浮游生物 [医] 浮游生物

发音

其它 /ˈplæŋ(k).tən/
US /ˈplæŋ(k).tən/

词形变化

planktons 复数 planktons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.

    不可数

    Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean.

    The lake water was full of microscopic plankton.

    The study focused on the role of plankton in the food chain.

  2. 2.

    A plankter, any single organism that drifts in water.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

being organism

下位词 2

nanoplankton potamoplankton

部分词 3

copepod phytoplankton zooplankton

整体词 3

aggregate congeries conglomeration

相关短语

office plankton

词源

Borrowed from German Plankton, coined by German zoologist and marine biologist Victor Hensen. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”) + -on. Ultimately from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón, “drifting”), neuter nominative of πλαγκτός (planktós), from πλάζομαι (plázomai, “to wander, drift”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to cause to wander, drive astray”). By surface analysis, plankt- + -on.

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