morphology
noun /mɔːˈfɒlədʒi/
/mɔːrˈfɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable]- (biology
) the form and structure of animals and plants, studied as a science生物 形态学;形态论 - (linguistics
) the forms of words, studied as a branch of linguistics语言学 compare grammar, syntax词法;形态学
词源mid 19th cent.: from Greek morphē ‘form’ + -logy (see -ology).