碳循環
tàn​xún​huán

carbon cycle

  • created sense approved 碳循环/碳循環 · tàn​xún​huán · carbon cycle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    碳循环 / 碳循環

    tàn​xún​huán

    carbon cycle

    The process through which carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms; primarily involving the conversion of [[二氧化碳|二氧化碳|er4 yang3 hua4 tan4]] into organic compounds by plants and its return to the air through respiration and decomposition.

    碳 (literal) → 碳 · tàn · carbon 循环 (literal) → 循环/循環 · xún​huán · to circulate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense