science
/ˈsaɪəns/noun
mass noun
1- the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment科学：
the world of science and technology.
科技世界。
1.1
- a particular area of this专门科学：
veterinary science
兽医学
count noun the agricultural sciences.农业科学。
1.2
- a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject学科：
the science of criminology.
犯罪学, 刑事学。
1.3
- archaic knowledge of any kind〈古〉知识。
词源
Middle English (denoting knowledge)：from Old French， from Latin scientia, from scire 'know'.