organism
noun /ˈɔːɡənɪzəm/
/ˈɔːrɡənɪzəm/
- (biology
or formal) a living thing, especially one that is extremely small生物 生物;有机体;(尤指)微生物 - Even the simplest, single-celled organisms show examples of this behaviour.
即使是最简单的单细胞生物也表现出这种习性。 - The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.
细胞是构成一切生物的单位。
WordfinderTopics Biologyb2- biology
- biotechnology
- breed
- cell
- chromosome
- DNA
- gene
- mutation
- organism
- protein
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- developing
- growing
- living
- …
- Even the simplest, single-celled organisms show examples of this behaviour.
- (formal) a system consisting of parts that depend on each other
有机组织;有机体系 - the social organism (= society)
社会机体
- the social organism (= society)
词源early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘organization’, from organize): current senses derive from French organisme.