organism
organism — 名詞
1. a complete living thing, from a bacterium to a tree, that lives as one individua
生物體
能獨立存活的個別生物
a complete living thing, from a bacterium to a tree, that lives as one individual unit
A single-celled organism moved across the glass under the microscope.
單細胞生物體在顯微鏡下沿著玻片移動。
collocation: single-celled organism
One harmful organism entered the cut through the dirty river water.
一個有害生物體透過骯髒的河水進入了傷口。
harmful organism in water
After weeks of rain, small organisms covered the fallen mango.
下了幾週雨後，小生物覆滿了掉落的芒果。
Not every organism in the desert can survive three dry months.
並不是沙漠裡的每種生物都能撐過三個乾旱月。
This lake organism glows green when the boat stirs the water.
這種湖中生物在船攪動水面時會發出綠光。
- living thing
the plain everyday phrase, less scientific than organism
- life form
often used in science or when speaking more generally about kinds of life
- creature
more everyday and usually used for animals, not plants or bacteria
- being
a very broad formal word that is less exact in biology
文法句型
a single-celled organism
harmful organisms in water
an organism can survive
用法筆記
Usually countable. Common in science contexts with words like cell, soil, water, and disease. Distinguish from organ: an organism is the whole living thing, while an organ is only one part of a body.
常見錯誤
2. a whole whose sections work together and affect one another, especially in compa
有機體
比喻彼此依存的整體
a whole whose sections work together and affect one another, especially in comparisons with a body that is alive
The writer describes the city as an organism with streets like veins.
那位作者把城市寫成一個有機體，街道像血管一樣。
describe something as an organism
Inside the small company, each team worked like part of one organism.
在那家小公司裡，每個團隊都像同一個有機體的一部分在運作。
part of one organism
To the coach, the team was an organism, not eleven separate players.
在教練眼中，這支球隊是一個有機體，不是十一個分開的球員。
The forest becomes one organism when trees share water through roots.
當樹木透過根部分享水分時，整座森林就成了一個有機體。
A busy market can act as an organism, changing with every visitor.
熱鬧的市場也能像有機體一樣運作，隨著每位訪客而變化。
文法句型
describe something as an organism
part of one organism
act as an organism
用法筆記
Usually appears in patterns like describe X as an organism or see X as one organism. Mostly used in formal writing or analysis, not as the ordinary word for a company, school, or group.