biodiversity hotspot
/ˌbaɪə(ʊ)daɪˌvɜːsɪti ˈhɒtˌspɒt//ˌbaɪoʊdəˌvɚsəti ˈhɑtˌspɑt/
构词拆解
词源说明
From biodiversity + hotspot. The word hotspot to describe such regions appears to have been first used by the British environmentalist Norman Myers (1934–2019) in a 1988 article in The Environmentalist.
释义
名词noun
- 1(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.