photorespiration
photorespiration — 名詞
1. a process in which plants, in daylight, take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxi
光呼吸作用
植物在光照下消耗氧氣並釋出二氧化碳
a process in which plants, in daylight, take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide, which can slow photosynthesis (how plants use light to make food)
Heat increases photorespiration, so Iris's tomato plants grew slowly in the greenhouse.
高溫會增加光呼吸作用，所以 Iris 的番茄植株在溫室裡長得很慢。
verb + object: increase photorespiration
Dr. Lakan measured the photorespiration of young rice plants under a bright lamp.
Lakan 博士在明亮的燈下測量幼嫩稻株的光呼吸作用。
the photorespiration of + plants
In biology class, Mauricio drew arrows to show photorespiration and photosynthesis in one leaf.
在生物課上，Mauricio 畫箭頭來表示一片葉子裡的光呼吸作用和光合作用。
Scientists in Seoul are trying to grow crops with less photorespiration.
首爾的科學家正努力培育光呼吸作用較少的作物。
uncountable noun after less: less photorespiration
- reduce photorespiration
- rate of photorespiration
用法筆記
Uncountable noun, so it takes no a/an and has no plural: less photorespiration, the photorespiration of rice plants.
常見錯誤
同根字
- photorespiratory形容詞
- respiration名詞