biomimicry

biomimicry — noun

1. the practice of studying how living things solve problems and using those ideas

1.名詞C2
釋義

the practice of studying how living things solve problems and using those ideas to create products, buildings, or machines

例句

Engineers used biomimicry to shape a train nose like a bird's beak.

pattern: use biomimicry to + verb

Biomimicry guided the robot arm after researchers watched octopus movements underwater.

同義詞
  • biomimetics

    A close technical term, especially common in research and engineering.

  • nature-inspired design

    Broader and less technical; it may refer to appearance as well as function.

  • bionics

    Often used for devices that copy body systems, especially in medicine or robotics.

文法句型

use biomimicry to + verb

biomimicry in + field

turn to biomimicry

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. Often appears with verbs such as use, apply, study, and turn to, especially in design, engineering, and environmental writing.

常見錯誤

❌This robot uses biomimicry because it works with biology.
✅This robot uses biomimicry because its arm copies an octopus.
💡Biomimicry means borrowing an idea from nature, not simply working with living things.
❌The company used biomimicry by putting real leaves on the roof.
✅The company used biomimicry by copying how lotus leaves shed water.
💡Biomimicry copies a natural method; it does not just use a natural object directly.