ethnology
ethnology — 名詞
1. the academic study that compares how different groups of people live, organize t
民族學
研究各民族文化與社會的學科
the academic study that compares how different groups of people live, organize their communities, and pass on their cultural traditions
Ryo started studying ethnology after volunteering in mountain villages.
Ryo 在山區村落做志工後，開始研讀民族學。
collocation: study ethnology
Professor Amira uses ethnology to compare wedding customs across island communities.
Amira 教授用民族學比較各個島嶼社群的婚禮習俗。
ethnology to compare customs across groups
In her ethnology class, Lauren learned why food rituals differ between regions.
Lauren 在民族學課上學到，為何不同地區的飲食儀式會不一樣。
Gabriel wrote an ethnology paper about how fishermen share work at sea.
Gabriel 寫了一篇民族學報告，探討漁民如何在海上分工。
The museum's ethnology exhibit showed how families in Peru weave cloth.
博物館的民族學展覽展示了祕魯家庭如何織布。
- anthropology
a broader field that also studies human biology, language, and archaeology, not only cultural comparison
- cultural anthropology
a closely related field, often with more focus on fieldwork within one culture or community
- ethnography
usually a detailed written description of one community rather than a wider comparison across cultures
文法句型
study ethnology
in ethnology
ethnology of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Ethnology is usually uncountable and names a field of study, not a single book or report. It often appears after verbs like study, teach, and compare, or in phrases such as 'the ethnology of island communities'.