[mass noun]the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origin, and distribution 生物学 ■the plants and animals of a particular area (一个地区的)生物 the biology of the Chesapeake Bay. 切萨皮克湾的生物。 ■the physiology, behaviour, and other qualities of a particular organism or class of organisms (某种或某类生物的生理、行为等)生物特征 human biology. 人体生物学。
派生 biologist noun 语源
early 19th cent.: coined in German, via French from Greek bios 'life' + -logy