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

• 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？
• Flora: Why, Fauna, what's the matter, dear?
  为什么，弗娜，怎么了，亲爱的？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A preliminary analysis of regional components was conducted for the Bombus fauna of this Province.
  另外，作者对该地区的熊蜂区系成分进行了初步的分析。
• Analysis of the fauna and fauna diversity was performed.
  进而进行区系分析和多样性分析。
• An area of the Earth determined by distribution of flora and fauna.
  地球的以植物群和动物群分布来划分的区域。
• 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。
• 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。