semiaquatic
semiaquatic — 形容詞
- semiaquaticpositive
- more semiaquaticcomparative
- most semiaquaticsuperlative
1. used of animals or plants whose lifestyle regularly includes both dry land and f
半水生
部分時間在水中、部分在陸地上生活的
used of animals or plants whose lifestyle regularly includes both dry land and fresh or salt water — for instance, a beaver swimming across a river and then walking along the riverbank to find trees to cut down.
Beavers are semiaquatic animals that build dams across rivers and raise young in riverbank lodges.
海狸是半水生動物，會在河流中築水壩，並在河岸的巢穴裡養育幼崽。
noun collocation: semiaquatic animals
A semiaquatic platypus hunts insects in streams and rests in a burrow on the bank.
半水生鴨嘴獸在溪流中尋找昆蟲，然後在岸上的洞穴裡休息。
Mangroves are semiaquatic trees with roots part under water and part in the air.
紅樹林是半水生樹木，根部一部分在水裡，一部分在空氣中。
Luca pointed at a semiaquatic turtle climbing onto a sun-warmed rock by the lake.
Luca 指著一隻半水生烏龜，牠正爬到湖邊一塊被太陽曬暖的石頭上。
This semiaquatic frog hides in ponds by day and hunts insects on land at night.
這種半水生青蛙白天躲在水裡，晚上到陸地上捕捉昆蟲。
- amphibious
strongly associated with animals that undergo metamorphosis (tadpole → frog); 'semiaquatic' is broader and includes mammals, reptiles, birds, and plants
- water-loving
informal, not a precise scientific term; suggests preference for water rather than regular dual-habitat life
- terrestrial
describes organisms that live entirely on land
- aquatic
describes organisms that live entirely in water
用法筆記
The term is most common in biology and ecology writing. It applies to both animals and plants but not to manufactured objects (a waterproof phone is not 'semiaquatic').