biome

/ˈbaɪəʊm/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbaɪəʊm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbī-ˌōm/ (ame, mw)

biome — noun

  • biomesingular
  • biomesplural

1. a large natural area on Earth, such as a desert or rainforest, that has its own

1.名詞B2
釋義

a large natural area on Earth, such as a desert or rainforest, that has its own type of climate, plants, and animals interacting together as an ecological community.

例句

The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical biome on Earth, home to millions of species.

tropical biome — descriptive adjective + biome (common pattern)

Mei's science class studied how cacti and lizards survive in the desert biome.

in + the + desert biome — prepositional phrase locating the setting

同義詞
  • ecosystem

    Overlapping in meaning, but ecosystem can be any size (from a tide pool to a forest), while biome always refers to a very large region covering many ecosystems.

  • ecoregion

    A more precise term used in conservation science for areas with similar geography and species; ecoregions are subdivisions within a biome.

  • habitat

    Much narrower — habitat describes where a single species lives; biome describes a whole community across a vast area.

文法句型

adjective + biome (e.g. tropical biome, desert biome)

in + a/the + biome

常見錯誤

❌The pond in my backyard is a biome.
✅The pond in my backyard is an ecosystem.
💡A biome is a very large geographical area (continent-scale), whereas an ecosystem can be as small as a pond or a rotting log.