• n. 植物學；地區植物總稱

來自希臘詞botane, 植物，草，詞源同pasture, 放牧。

botany

botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.

botany (n.)

1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.

1. Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.

1982年以前他一直是達勒姆大學生物系的高級講師。

來自柯林斯例句

2. To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.

對于19世紀的同行來說，羅伯特·布朗是植物學巨匠。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.

他的植物學教科書中對那題目的敘述不充分.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. He studied botany at university.

他在大學學習植物學.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Dr. Williams instructs us in botany.

威廉博士教我們植物學.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》