botany: [17] Botany was derived from botanic, a borrowing, either directly or via French botanique, of Latin botanicus. The ultimate source of the word was Greek botánē ‘plant, pasture’, a derivative of the verb boskein ‘feed’.
botany (n.)
1690s, from botanic. The -y is from astronomy, etc. Botany Bay so called by Capt. Cook on account of the great variety of plants found there.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Until 1982 he was senior lecturer in botany at Durham University.
1982年以前他一直是達(dá)勒姆大學(xué)生物系的高級(jí)講師。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. To his 19th-century peers, Robert Brown was the prince of botany.