commensal
commensal — 形容詞
- commensalpositive
- more commensalcomparative
- most commensalsuperlative
1. describing two kinds of living things that stay close together, where one side g
片利共生的
一方受益、另一方不受影響
describing two kinds of living things that stay close together, where one side gains food or a similar benefit while its partner is neither helped nor hurt.
Eitan learned that a commensal animal eats leftover food from its host without causing harm.
Eitan 得知，片利共生的動物會吃宿主剩下的食物，卻不會傷害宿主。
commensal + noun: commensal animal / organism / species
The doctor told Gita that most commensal bacteria in the gut are harmless to people.
醫生告訴 Gita，腸道裡大多數片利共生的細菌對人體無害。
collocation: commensal bacteria
In Putri's textbook, a commensal relationship means one animal benefits and the other stays unharmed.
在 Putri 的課本裡，片利共生關係是指一方動物受益，另一方則不受傷害。
collocation: commensal relationship
Rania found no sign that the commensal insects were hurting the plant they lived on.
Rania 沒發現任何跡象顯示這些片利共生的昆蟲正在傷害牠們棲居的植物。
Feng asked whether the tiny creatures on the turtle were commensal or harmful.
Feng 問龜背上那些小生物是片利共生，還是有害的。
predicate use: be commensal
文法句型
commensal + noun (animal, bacteria, relationship)