[mass noun]the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources and political and economic activities 地理学;地理 ■[usu. in sing.]the nature and relative arrangement of places and physical features 地貌,地形,地势 the geography of your college. 你们学院的地势。
派生 geographer noun 语源
late 15th cent.: from French géographie or Latin geographia, from Greek geōgraphia, from gē 'earth' + -graphia 'writing'