Gaia
/ˈgaɪə/1
- （亦作Gaea, Ge）Greek Mythology the Earth personified as a goddess, daughter of Chaos. She was the mother and wife of Uranus (Heaven); their offspring included the Titans and the Cyclops.【希腊神话】大地女神盖亚（大地的化身, 卡俄斯的女儿, 乌拉诺斯［天神］的母亲和妻子, 与乌拉诺斯的后代包括提坦诸神和库克罗普斯）。
- ORIGIN: Greek, 'Earth'.
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- the earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism（被看成是能自行调节的巨大有机体的）地球。
- ORIGIN: 1970s: coined by James Lovelock, at the suggestion of the writer William Golding, from the name of the goddess Gaia.
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