2020年2月6日 星期四

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世界衛生組織(WHO)每日發布的武漢肺炎疫情報告,台灣稱呼變變變,5日最新報告除了仍不當列在中國項目,並再更名為「台北及周圍地區」,政治荒謬再添一樁。

世界衛生組織(WHO)每日發布的武漢肺炎疫情報告,台灣稱呼變變變,5日最新報告除了仍不當列在中國項目,並再更名為「台北及周圍地區」,政治荒謬再添一樁。世衛組織5日晚間發布第16期疫情報告,在中國省份區域及城市項下...
Angkor’s Environs, Mapped From Above
Researchers have mapped the landscape hidden under the jungle and rice fields that surrounded the ancient temple complex in Cambodia.
A Vision Faces an Environmental Test
By CORNELIA DEAN
Researchers want to transform a poor, remote Dominican town into a locally owned retreat. But challenges, like hydrilla, an invasive, choking water plant, await.

hydrilla
クロモHydrilla verticillata)は、トチカガミ科水草。クロモ一種でクロモ属を構成する(なお、海藻を含む科であるナガマツモ科にも、同名のクロモ属(Papenfussiella)がある)。かつては何種類かに分類されていたが、すべて同一の種であるとされ、一種にまとめられた。


此處Environmental Test 雙關語


Environment | 26.06.2009

Germany's Wadden Sea mudflats named world heritage site

Germany's Wadden Sea has been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The decision was announced Friday at the World Heritage Committee's annual meeting in Seville, Spain.


mudflat
IN BRIEF: Coastal wetland that forms in sheltered areas such as bays, lagoons, etc.


environ

Syllabification: (en·vi·ron)

Definition of environ


verb

[with object] formal
  • surround; enclose:the stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil

Origin:

Middle English (formerly also as inviron): from Old French environer, from environ 'surroundings', from en 'in' + viron 'circuit' (from virer 'to turn, veer')



environs

Syllabification: (en·vi·rons)
Translate environs | into Spanish
Definition of environs
noun
  • the surrounding area or district:the picturesque environs of the lake

Origin:

mid 17th century: from French, plural of environ (see environ)

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