natural history
- IPA[ˌnaCHər(ə)l ˈhist(ə)rē]
美式
- the scientific study of animals or plants, especially as concerned with observation rather than experiment, and presented in popular rather than academic form.;the study of the whole natural world, including mineralogy and paleontology.
noun: natural history
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the scientific study of animals or plants, especially as concerned with observation rather than experiment, and presented in popular rather than academic form.
- ▪ the study of the whole natural world, including mineralogy and paleontology.
- 2. the usual course of development of a disease or condition, especially in the absence of treatment the natural history of cancerous tumors