natural history
noun
mass noun
1
- the scientific study of animals or plants, especially as concerned with observation rather than experiment, and presented in popular rather than academic form（尤指对动植物进行观察的）博物研究。
1.1
- the study of the whole natural world, including mineralogy and palaeontology（包括矿物学和古生物学的）博物学。
1.2
- natural phenomena which are the subject of scientific observation（科学观察的）自然现象：
Pembrokeshire has an abundance of wildlife and natural history.
彭布鲁克郡有着丰富的野生生物和可供研究的自然现象。
2
- Medicine the usual course of development of a disease or condition, especially in the absence of treatment【医】（尤指在未治疗情况下疾病等的）自然发展过程。
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