an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form 生物,有机体 ■the material structure of such an individual 机体,有机组织 the heart's contribution to the maintenance of the human organism. 心脏对于维持人体组织的贡献。 ■a whole with interdependent parts compared to a living being (像生物的)有机整体 the Church is a divinely constituted organism. 教会是依靠上帝的力量构成的有机整体。
派生 organismal adjective organismic adjective 语源
early 18th cent. (in the sense 'organization', from organize): current senses derive from French organisme