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

• In this paper, the author reports main features of the Chinese simuliid fauna and geographical divisions.
  报道我国蚋类的区系分布和地理区划。
• 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。
• He studies the flora and fauna of africa.
  他研究非洲的动植物群。
• 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。
• Human beings and the natural flora and fauna and other resources which form part of our living environment.
  人类和自然界的动植物以及其他各种资源构成了我们生活的环境。
• The park is also home to elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, and other Rocky Mountain fauna.
  黄石公园还是麋鹿、大角羊、灰熊和其他一些落基山脉动物生存的家园。
• 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；
• 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。
• Flora: Why, Fauna, what's the matter, dear?
  为什么，弗娜，怎么了，亲爱的？
• Terrestrial and aquatic fauna may sometimes be found resting together under a loose stone.
  有时在松动的石头下可以同时看见栖息的陆生动物和水生动物。