- [countable]
a living thing that grows in the earth and usually has a stem, leaves and roots, especially one that is smaller than a tree or bush 植物;花草 All plants need light and water. 一切植物都需要陽光和水。 flowering plants 顯[開]花植物 native/medicinal/wild plants 天然/藥用/野生植物 a tomato/potato plant 番茄秧;馬鈴薯秧 It's becoming more popular to grow plants organically. 有機種植植物越來越受歡迎。 The area is home to many rare plant species. 這個地區是許多稀有植物物種的家園。 the animal and plant life of the area 本地區的動植物
Collocations The living worldThe living world 生物界 Animals 動物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
動物交配/繁育/繁殖/以…爲食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
魚/兩栖動物遊動/産卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鳥飛翔/遷徙/築巢/啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆蟲爬/飛/咬/叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆蟲/蜜蜂/蝗蟲成群地飛來飛去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜/花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛結網/織網 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇/蜥蜴蛻皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊/刺猬/青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆蟲的幼蟲生長/發育/化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化;小雞出殼;幼蟲孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引/找到/選擇配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
産卵;排卵;産生/釋放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
産卵;使卵受精;孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居於森林/礁石/海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
標出/進入/保衛領地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近/獵殺/捕獲/殺死獵物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
樹木/植物生長/開花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
種子發芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
葉子/花蕾/根莖/幼苗長出來/長大/成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放/綻放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌類生長/擴散/長滿… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
給花/植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
長出/傳播花粉/種子/孢子 - produce/bear fruit
結果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
長出根莖/嫩芽/葉子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供/吸收/提取/釋放營養物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
進行/增加/減少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 細菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
細菌/微生物/病毒生長/擴散/繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
細菌/微生物在…中存活/大量生長 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
細菌/微生物/病毒進化/長滿…/引發疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
細菌(將某物)分解/轉化(成某物) - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒進入/侵入某物/身體 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒變異/演化/(自我)複制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上/接觸到一種新病毒/抗藥性細菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
帶有細菌/病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
殺滅有害的/致命的細菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesa1Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide. 植物吸收二氧化碳中的碳。 The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine. 這種蝴蝶的唯一食用植物是野生羽扇豆。 food plants of rare butterflies 可作珍稀蝴蝶食物的植物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delicate
- wild
- native
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- water
- …
- develop
- grow
- flourish
- …
- roots
- growth
- life
- …
- [countable]
a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place 發電廠;工廠 a nuclear power plant 核電廠 a processing/manufacturing plant 加工/制造廠 Japanese car plants 日本汽車制造廠 a water treatment plant 水處理廠 a chemical/steel/coal plant 化工廠/鋼鐵廠/煤廠
Synonyms factoryfactory- plant
- mill
- works
- yard
- workshop
- foundry
- factory a building or group of buildings where goods are made, mainly by machine:
a chocolate/cigarette/clothing factory 巧克力廠;香煙廠;制衣廠
- plant a factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place:
a nuclear power plant 核電廠 a manufacturing plant 制造廠
- mill a factory that produces a particular type of material:
a cotton/paper/textile/woollen mill 棉紡廠;造紙廠;紡織廠;毛紡廠
- works (often in compounds) a place where things are made or an industrial process takes place:
a brickworks 磚廠 a steelworks 煉鋼廠 Raw materials were carried to the works by barge. 原材料由駁船運到工廠。
- yard (usually in compounds) an area of land used for building something:
a shipyard 船塢
- workshop a room or building in which things are made or repaired using hand tools or machinery (usually individual items or small numbers of items):
a car repair workshop 汽車修理廠
- foundry a factory where metal or glass is melted and made into different shapes or objects:
an iron foundry 鑄鐵廠
- a car/chemical/munitions factory/plant
- an engineering plant/works
- to manage/run a factory/plant/mill/works/yard/workshop/foundry
- to work in/at a factory/plant/mill/yard/workshop/foundry
- factory/mill/foundry owners/managers/workers
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1a waste reprocessing plant 廢物後處理廠 a nuclear power plant 核電廠 a sewage (treatment) plant 污水處理廠 an assembly plant 裝配廠
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- industrial
- assembly
- manufacturing
- …
- build
- manage
- run
- …
- produce something
- manager
- [uncountable]
the large machines that are used in industrial processes (工業用的)大型機器,設備 - [countable, usually singular] (informal)
something that somebody has deliberately placed among another person’s clothes or possessions in order to make them appear guilty of a crime 栽贓物品 He claimed that the drugs found in his house were a plant. 他聲稱在他家裏發現的毒品是一種植物。
- [countable]
a person who joins a group of criminals or enemies in order to get and secretly report information about their activities 坐探;内線;卧底
living thing生物
factory工廠
machines機器
something illegal不合法的事物
person人
Word OriginOld English plante ‘seedling’, plantian (verb), from Latin planta ‘sprout, cutting’ (later influenced by French plante) and plantare ‘plant, fix in a place’.