species
/ˈspiːʃiːz/noun
(复同单)
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- （缩略词： sp., spp.）Biology a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.【生】物种, 种。
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- Logic a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name【逻】种类。
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- a kind or sort种; 类：
a species of invective at once tough and suave.
软硬兼施的一种漫骂。
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- used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation〈幽默〉同类人：
a political species that is becoming more common, the environmental statesman.
一类正变得越来越普遍的政治性人物：环境政治家。
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- Chemistry & Physics a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle【化, 物理】核素：
a new molecular species.
一种新分子。
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- Christian Church the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist【基督教】（圣餐中用的）面包和圣酒。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'appearance, form, beauty', from specere 'to look'.