园艺学 (yuán yì xué) — horticulture (the science of plant cultivation); gardening (the activity of growing plants)
Definition
The academic discipline of cultivating plants — the 'study' (学) side, so it names the field rather than the activity itself. The everyday practice is just 园艺.
noun
horticulture (the science of plant cultivation)gardening (the activity of growing plants)
Examples
- 园艺学，。Tā dà xué zhǔ xiū yuán yì xué, bì yè hòu zài zhí wù yuán gōng zuò.He majored in horticulture in college and worked at a botanical garden after graduation.
- 园艺学。yuán yì xué Shì yì mén yán jiū zhí wù zāi péi hé guǎn lǐ de kē xué.Horticulture is a science that studies plant cultivation and management.
- 园艺学，。Tā duì yuán yì xué hěn gǎn xìng qù, jīng cháng zài jiā zhòng huā zhòng cài.She is very interested in gardening and often grows flowers and vegetables at home.
Origin
Derived word构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix
A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.
园艺 names garden cultivation, and 学 gives the sense of a field of study, so the word is the science of horticulture.
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