habitat
habitat — 名詞
- habitatsingular
- habitatsplural
1. The kind of place where a living thing naturally lives in the wild.
棲息地
動植物自然生活的場所
The kind of place where a living thing naturally lives in the wild.
The Amazon rainforest is a rich habitat for thousands of plant and animal species.
亞馬遜雨林是數千種動植物的豐富棲息地。
habitat for + [species / plants / animals]
When developers drained the wetland, the local birds lost their natural habitat.
開發商排乾溼地後，當地的鳥類失去了自然棲息地。
lose one's natural habitat
Coral reefs provide a vital habitat for many fish and sea creatures.
珊瑚礁為許多魚類和海洋生物提供了重要的棲息地。
provide a habitat for
The national park was created to protect the mountain gorilla's habitat.
這座國家公園是為了保護山地大猩猩的棲息地而建立的。
Vivek's research team studied how pollution damages the habitat of river turtles.
Vivek 的研究團隊研究了污染如何破壞河龜的棲息地。
habitat of + [animal]
- natural habitat
- native habitat
- breeding habitat
- coastal habitat
- forest habitat
- marine habitat
- fragile habitat
- wildlife habitat
- destroy a habitat
- protect a habitat
- restore a habitat
- habitat loss
- habitat destruction
- habitat conservation
- environment
broader term; can refer to any surroundings, not just where a specific species lives
- home
more informal and emotional; often used in nature writing ('the forest is home to many birds')
- territory
refers to an area an animal actively defends against others, not just its living space
- ecosystem
larger concept that includes the habitat plus all the living and non-living things interacting within it
文法句型
habitat + for + [creature]
habitat + of + [creature]
用法筆記
Often used with a possessive noun or 'of' to specify which creature's habitat (the frog's habitat, the habitat of the polar bear).
常見錯誤
同根字
- inhabit動詞B2
- inhabitant名詞B2
- habitation名詞C1
- inhabitable形容詞C1
- uninhabitable形容詞C1
常見搭配
副詞搭配
常用片語
- in one's natural habitat
- habitat for wildlife
- loss of habitat