释义
adj.
of the North or northern regions, in particular
北的,北方的,尤指:
Ecology of, relating to, or characteristic of the climatic zone south of the Arctic, especially the cold temperate region dominated by taiga and forests of birch, poplar, and conifers
【生态】 (与)北方生物带(有关)的
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northern boreal forest.
北部北方森林。
(Boreal)Botany of, relating to, denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising the arctic and temperate regions of Eurasia and North America
【植】 (植物地理学上包括北极和欧亚大陆以及北美洲的)北方植物区的。
(Boreal)Geology relating to or denoting the second climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, between the Preboreal and Atlantic stages (about 9,000 to 7,500 years ago).
【地质】 表示北欧后冰川期的第二气候期约在前北半球和大西洋时期之间的(约7,500至9,000 年以前)。
词源
"late Middle English: from late Latin borealis, from Latin Boreas, denoting the god of the north wind, from Greek."