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自然历史

zì rán lì shǐ

4-character word Traditional 自然歷史

What 自然历史 means

1. natural history

The characters in 自然历史

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 历lìcalendar
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China

Example sentences

• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.