每日一词identical（每日一词根bio）

BI(O) comes from Greek bios "one's life", from PIE root *gwei- "to live".

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amphibian [æm'fɪbɪən] n.[脊椎] 两栖动物；水陆两用飞机；具有双重性格的人 adj. 两栖类的；[车辆] 水陆两用的；具有双重性格的

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☉拆 amphi(of both kinds) bi(life) an(n/adj后缀)->在两方面都能生存的 -> 两栖动物; 两栖的

☉拓展amphibious [æmˈfɪbiəs] adj. [生物] 两栖的，水陆两用的；具有双重性的

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• amphibian (adj.)
• 1630s, "having two modes of existence, of doubtful nature," from Greek amphibia, neuter plural of amphibios "living a double life," from amphi- "of both kinds" (see amphi-) bios "life" (see bio-).

biology [baɪ'ɑlədʒi] n. （一个地区全部的）生物；生物学

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☉拆 bio(life) logy(n, 表示学科) -> 生物学

☉拓展biologist [baɪˈɑːlədʒɪst] n. 生物学家 [ 复数 biologists ]biological [ˌbaɪəˈlɑːdʒɪkl] adj. 生物的；生物学的 [ 复数 biologicals ]

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• biology (n.)
• 1819, from Greek bios "life" (see bio-) -logy. Suggested 1802 by German naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776-1837), and introduced as a scientific term that year in French by Lamarck.

biography [baɪ'ɑɡrəfi] n. 传记；档案；个人简介

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☉拆 bio(life) graphy(writing, 著作) -> 关于人一生的著作 -> 传记

☉拓展biographer [baɪˈɑːɡrəfər] n. 传记作者biographical [ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkl] adj. 传记的，传记体的biographize 写传记

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• biography (n.)
• 1680s, probably from Latin biographia, from Late Greek biographia "description of life," from Greek bio- "life" (see bio-) graphia "record, account" (see -graphy). Biographia was not in classical Greek (bios alone was the word for it), though it is attested in later Greek from c.500.

biocide ['baɪə,saɪd] n. 杀虫剂；[微] 抗微生物剂

☉拆 bio(life) cide(killer: 杀...者) -> 杀掉生命的(特指害虫) -> 杀虫剂

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• biocide (n.)
• "destruction of living tissue or living species," 1947, from bio- -cide.

biotic [baɪ'ɑtɪk] adj. 生物的；有关生命的

☉拆 bio(life) tic(adj后缀) -> 生物的; 有关生命的

☉拓展abiotic: a(not) 无生命的antibiotic: anti(against) 抗生素; 抗生的

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• biotic (adj.)
• "pertaining to life," 1847, in the medical sense, from Latin bioticus, from Greek biotikos"pertaining to life," from bios "life" (see bio-). Biotic factor was in use by 1907. Related: Biotical.

symbiosis [,sɪmbaɪ'osɪs] n. [生态] 共生；合作关系；共栖

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☉拆 sym(syn: together共同) bi(life) osis(stateof living) -> 生物间共同生存的状态 -> 共生

☉拓展symbiotic [ˌsɪmbaɪˈɑːtɪk] adj. [生态] 共生的；共栖的

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• symbiosis (n.)
• 1876, as a biological term, "union for life of two different organisms based on mutually benefit," from Greek symbiosis "a living together," from symbioun "live together," from symbios "(one) living together (with another), partner, companion, husband or wife," from assimilated form of syn-"together" (see syn-) bios "life" (see bio-).

biochemistry ['baɪo'kɛmɪstri] n. 生物化学 生物化学过程

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☉拆 bio(life) chemistry(n化学) -> 生物化学

☉拓展biochemist ['baɪo'kɛmɪst] n. 生物化学家

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• biochemistry (n.)
• also bio-chemistry, 1857, from bio- chemistry.

biophysics [ˌbaɪoʊˈfɪzɪks] n. 生物物理学

☉拆 bio(life) physics(n物理学) -> 生物物理学

☉拓展biophysicist [,baɪo'fɪzəsɪst] n. 生物物理学家

microbe ['maɪkrob] n. 细菌，微生物

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☉拆 micro(small, tiny) be(bi: life) -> of a tiny life微小生命 -> 微生物, 细菌

☉拓展microbial [maɪ'krobɪəl] adj. 微生物的；由细菌引起的

☉词源

• microbe (n.)
• popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."

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I will refuse the temptation to be cynical, the tool of lazy thinker.我要拒绝愤世嫉俗的生活态度, 这其实是一种懒人哲学.

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