limnology

• n. 湖沼生物学，湖沼学

来自希腊语limne,湖泊，沼泽，来自PIE*slei,黏滑，污泥，词源同slime,littoral.

limnology (n.)

study of lakes and fresh water, 1892, with -logy + limno-, comb. form of Greek limne "pool of standing water, tidal pool, marsh, lake," from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime" (see slime (n.)). The science founded and the name probably coined by Swiss geologist François-Alphonse Forel (1841-1912). Related: Limnological; limnologist.

1. Limnology The scientific study of freshwater and its flora and fauna.

湖沼学:研究淡水及生长在其中的动植物群的科学.

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