natural history

英 [ˌnætʃrəl ˈhɪstri]

美 [ˌnætʃrəl ˈhɪstri]

n.  博物学; (某地区的)动植物研究

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 博物学；（某地区的）动植物研究
  the study of plants and animals; an account of the plant and animal life of a particular place
  1. the Natural History Museum
     自然历史博物馆
  2. He has written a natural history of Scotland.
     他写了一本苏格兰博物志。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 博物学
  Natural historyis the study of animals and plants and other living things.
  1. Schools regularly bring children to the beach for natural history lessons.
     学校经常安排孩子们去海滩上博物学课。

英英释义

noun

• the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

双语例句

• Let's bend our way to the Museum of natural history.
  咱们改道往自然博物馆走吧。
• The wilderness is a living museum of natural history.
  这片荒野是一座活生生的自然历史博物馆。
• It could mean experts have to rewrite natural history books.
  这可能意味着专家必须改写自然历史书了。
• But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
  博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。
• Our class is going to visit the Museum of Natural History.
  我们班要去参观自然历史博物馆了。
• We will study their natural history in the field.
  我们将在实地研究它们的自然发展过程。
• The collection includes natural history from penguins to the extinct giant moa, fish, birds, and insects.
  收藏自然历史从企鹅至已绝种之巨大的恐鸟、鱼类、鸟类和昆虫。
• Fresh Water provides an expansive subject for the third programme in the BBC's fascinating new natural history series.
  在BBC引人入胜的新自然历史系列节目中，作为主题的淡水为其第三集提供了广阔的素材。
• A biologist knowledgeable about natural history ( especially botany and zoology).
  通晓自然界历史（尤其是植物学和动物学）的生物学家。
• Peter Forey is curator of fossil fishes at the Natural History Museum.
  彼得·福雷是自然历史博物馆鱼类化石展厅的负责人。