spe‧cies W2 / spiʃiz / 名词 ( 复数形式 species ) [可数名词]

a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants → genus :

Seven species of birds of prey have been observed.

pandas and other endangered species (= ones that may soon no longer exist )

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + species

endangered (= used about a species of which there are very few still alive, so that it may soon not exist ) The park is a sanctuary for 41 endangered species.

protected Elephants are a protected species in Indonesia.

rare The area contains many rare species of plants.

common Here you will see most of the common species of African wildlife.

extinct (= no longer existing ) About a hundred species are becoming extinct every day.

new (= not known about before, or not existing before ) A new species of spider has been discovered in a field in Cambridgeshire.

native (= having always been in a particular country ) Desert broom is a species native to Arizona.

bird/animal/plant species You can see many different bird species on the canal.

动词

a species is found somewhere This species is found only in the Southern Hemisphere.

a species lives somewhere (= used about animals ) Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.

a species grows somewhere (= used about plants ) The species grows wild in Europe.