biomimicry

IPA/ˌbaɪ.əʊˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/
IPA/ˌbaɪ.oʊˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/

biomimicry — 名詞

1. the practice of studying how living things solve problems and using those ideas

1.名詞C2
釋義

仿生設計

模仿自然原理做設計

the practice of studying how living things solve problems and using those ideas to create products, buildings, or machines

例句

Engineers used biomimicry to shape a train nose like a bird's beak.

工程師運用仿生設計，把火車車頭做得像鳥嘴一樣。

pattern: use biomimicry to + verb

Biomimicry guided the robot arm after researchers watched octopus movements underwater.

研究人員觀察章魚在水中的動作後，設計這支機器手臂時便模仿了章魚的動作。

常見搭配
  • apply biomimicry
  • biomimicry in architecture
  • study biomimicry
  • use biomimicry to solve problems
同義詞
  • biomimetics

    A close technical term, especially common in research and engineering.

  • nature-inspired design

    Broader and less technical; it may refer to appearance as well as function.

  • bionics

    Often used for devices that copy body systems, especially in medicine or robotics.

文法句型

use biomimicry to + verb

biomimicry in + field

turn to biomimicry

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. Often appears with verbs such as use, apply, study, and turn to, especially in design, engineering, and environmental writing.

常見錯誤

This robot uses biomimicry because it works with biology.
This robot uses biomimicry because its arm copies an octopus.
Biomimicry means borrowing an idea from nature, not simply working with living things.
The company used biomimicry by putting real leaves on the roof.
The company used biomimicry by copying how lotus leaves shed water.
Biomimicry copies a natural method; it does not just use a natural object directly.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • biomimicry research
  • biomimicry project
  • biomimicry approach

常用片語

  • use biomimicry to design
  • turn to biomimicry
  • apply biomimicry in architecture

介系詞搭配

  • biomimicry in
  • biomimicry for