food chain

英 [ˈfuːd tʃeɪn]

美 [ˈfuːd tʃeɪn]

n.  食物链

化学

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 食物链
  a series of living creatures in which each type of creature feeds on the one below it in the series
  1. Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.
     在食物链中，昆虫是相当低的一级生物。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 食物链
  Thefood chainis a series of living things which are linked to each other because each thing feeds on the one next to it in the series.
  1. The whole food chain is affected by the over use of chemicals in agriculture.
     整个食物链因农业中过度使用化学物质而受到影响。

英英释义

noun

• (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member

双语例句

• A food chain model of three species with impulsive perturbations and mixed functional response is proposed and studied.
  提出并研究了一类具有脉冲干扰和混合功能反应的三种群捕食链模型。
• He started a fast food chain.
  他开创了一家快餐连锁店。
• In the environment, dioxins tend to accumulate in the food chain.
  在环境中，二恶英容易聚积在食物链中。
• And when the food disappears, so does the next link in the food chain.
  如果它们的食物消失了，食物链的下一个也会开始消失。
• This poses a threat to agriculture and the food chain, and consequently to human health.
  这会对农业和食物链造成威胁，由此而危及人的健康。
• The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
  其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
• We were moving up the food chain to value-added jobs!
  我们本应该走向食物链的顶端，做哪些高附加值的工作！
• Are you the VIP member or the information member of the Japanese Food Chain Store?
  你是不是以下那些连锁日本料理的VIP会员或资讯会员？
• You might say I been working my way up the food chain.
  你也许会说我做的方式很象食物链。
• In addition, the wide occurrence of Campylobacter also hinders the development of control strategies throughout the food chain.
  此外，弯曲杆菌的广泛出现还妨碍了整个食品链控制策略的发展。