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morphological

/mawr-fol-uh-jee/US // mɔrˈfɒl ə dʒi //UK // (mɔːˈfɒlədʒɪ) //

形态学,形态学的,形态学上,形态学上的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
    • : the form and structure of an organism considered as a whole.
    • : Linguistics. the patterns of word formation in a particular language, including inflection, derivation, and composition.the study and description of such patterns.the study of the behavior and combination of morphemes.
    • : Physical Geography. geomorphology.
    • : the form or structure of anything: to gain an insight into the morphology of our political system.
    • : the study of the form or structure of anything.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • To acquire this habit from a scampering ancestor, certain morphological modifications were necessary.

  • Usually animals of extreme morphological specialization are much restricted environmentally.

  • The species Dipodomys ordii is divisible into six complexes, or groups, of subspecies on both geographic and morphological bases.

  • Such examples as these are hardly true evidences of a morphological influence exerted by one language on another.

  • I have already pointed out in passing that English has taken over a certain number of morphological elements from French.