biome
/ˈbaɪəʊm/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbaɪəʊm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbī-ˌōm/ (ame, mw)
biome — 名詞
- biomesingular
- biomesplural
1. a large natural area on Earth, such as a desert or rainforest, that has its own
生物群落
特定氣候下的大型生態區域
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.
The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical biome on Earth, home to millions of species.
亞馬遜雨林是地球上最大的熱帶生物群落，擁有數百萬種物種。
tropical biome — descriptive adjective + biome (common pattern)
Mei's science class studied how cacti and lizards survive in the desert biome.
小梅的自然課上，研究了仙人掌和蜥蜴如何在沙漠生物群落中生存。
in + the + desert biome — prepositional phrase locating the setting
As global temperatures rise, each biome shifts slowly toward cooler areas.
隨著全球氣溫上升，每個生物群落都逐漸往較涼爽的地區移動。
Kwame visited a grassland biome in Kenya where zebras graze among acacia trees.
Kwame 在肯亞的草原生物群落中看到斑馬在金合歡樹間吃草。
The tundra biome experiences freezing winters, strong winds, and a short growing season.
凍原生物群落冬天氣溫極低，風勢強勁，生長季節很短。
- 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