metabolism

/mɪˈtab.ə.lɪz.əm/· noun

科学/科研/医疗B2

metabolism
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Chinese meaning

新xīn陈chén代dài谢xiè

生shēng物wù体tǐ维wéi持chí生shēng命mìng的de化huà学xué过guò程chéng

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人rén体tǐ把bǎ食shí物wù转zhuǎn化huà为wèi能néng量liàng并bìng产chǎn生shēng二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn

Example

Collective human metabolism produces 2 billion metric tons of CO₂ a year, global study estimates

一yī项xiàng全quán球qiú研yán究jiū估gū算suàn,人rén类lèi整zhěng体tǐ的de新xīn陈chén代dài谢xiè每měi年nián产chǎn生shēng20亿yì公gōng吨dūn二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn

Source: Phys.org · 1 Nov 2026

Background ✎

巴bā斯sī大dà学xué牵qiān头tóu的de一yī项xiàng研yán究jiū估gū算suàn,人rén体tǐ把bǎ食shí物wù转zhuǎn化huà为wèi能néng量liàng时shí产chǎn生shēng的de二èr氧yǎng化huà碳tàn,在zài1985年nián至zhì2015年nián间jiān增zēng加jiā了le74%,达dá到dào每měi年nián20.5亿yì公gōng吨dūn。

Roots · etymology

源自希腊语 metabolē「变化」+ -ism

  • metabol-(改变)+ -ism(名词后缀,表过程)

Collocations

  • slow metabolism / boost metabolism / basal metabolism

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