fauna

英 [ˈfɔːnə]

美 [ˈfɔːnə]

n.  (某地区或某时期的)动物群

复数：faunas　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9188 / COCA.12609

牛津词典

noun

• （某地区或某时期的）动物群
  all the animals living in an area or in a particular period of history
  1. the local flora and fauna (= plants and animals)
     当地动植物群
  2. land and marine faunas
     陆地和海洋动物区系

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT-COLL (尤指某个地区的)动物群
  Animals, especially the animals in a particular area, can be referred to asfauna.
  1. ...the flora and fauna of the African jungle...
     非洲丛林的动植物
  2. Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas.
     咸水水域通常只能存活为数不多的几种动物。

英英释义

noun

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  Synonym:animalanimate beingbeastbrutecreature
• all the animal life in a particular region or period
  1. the fauna of China
  2. the zoology of the Pliocene epoch
  Synonym:zoology

双语例句

• Relics of the flora and fauna of the Pleistocene age have been preserved in fossil form.
  更新时期的动植物遗迹以化石的形式保存了下来。
• The new note designs replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with native flora and fauna.
  新的设计将取代英国女王伊丽莎白二世与本地植物和动物的画像。
• So how is climate change affecting Earth's flora and fauna?
  气候变化究竟是如何影响地球上的植物和动物呢？
• Trust fund for the Convention on international trade in endangered species of Wild Fauna and flora;
  濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约信托基金；
• This paper studies composition and characters of the aphid fauna of Hengduan Mountains Region.
  研究了横断山区蚜虫区系的组成和特点。
• Mass loss rates of fir leaf litter appeared consistent with the taxa and individual relative density of soil fauna.
  不同孔径凋落物袋内土壤动物的类群和个体相对密度与凋落叶的质量损失率呈现相对一致的变化趋势。
• A vacant lot or a bombsite can, to the amateur naturalist, produce an extraordinary variety of flora and fauna
  对于业余博物学者来说，在一片空地上或被炸后的废墟里可能发现种类繁多的植物群和动物群。
• This is the website of Species in Parks: Flora and Fauna Databases.
  这是美国公园植物和动物区系数据库的网站。
• The refuge is also productive for the now rare native flora and fauna of the coastal areas.
  保护区对海岸区目前比较罕见的本土植物和动物也起促进繁殖作用。
• Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas.
  咸水水域通常只能存活为数不多的几种动物。