organic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++or·gan·ic /ɔːˈɡænɪk $ ɔːr-/ ●●○ W3 adjective 1 farming 农业TANATURAL relating to farming or gardening methods of growing food without using artificial chemicals, or produced or grown by these methods 不使用化肥的，有机的，绿色的 Organic farming is better for the environment. 有机耕作对环境更有利。 organic gardening 有机园艺organic food/vegetables/milk etc The shop sells organic food. 这家商店出售有机食品。 organic wine 有机葡萄酒 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A7 Environmental solutions 环保方法2 development 发展NATURAL change or development which is organic happens in a natural way, without anyone planning it or forcing it to happen 自然发展的 The company’s path to success was by means of organic growth. 这家公司是通过逐步发展壮大走上成功之路的。3 living things 生物LIVING/ALIVE living, or produced by or from living things 生物的，有机物的 OPP inorganic Adding organic matter such as manure can improve the soil. 施粪肥之类的有机物能够改良土壤。 Bacteria act on organic waste. 细菌对有机废物产生作用。4 part of STH 某物的部分DEPEND ON/RELY ONan organic system or relationship is one in which the parts or people fit well and in a comfortable way with each other 有机的；关联的；统一的 an organic relationship between the individual and his community 个体和他所在社区之间不可分割的关系 They believe in the organic unity of the universe. 他们相信宇宙是一个有机的整体。5 body organs 身体器官HB relating to the organs of the body 器官的 organic diseases 器官疾病 —organically /-kli/ adverb organically produced cheese 用有机方法制作的奶酪 A writer’s style must develop organically. 一个作家的创作风格必定是逐步发展而来的。n COLLOCATIONSnounsorganic food/vegetables etcOur restaurant uses only fresh organic vegetables.Many people think that organic food is better for health.organic farming (=farming without using artificial chemicals)the environmental benefits of organic farming organic farmers/farmsOrganic farmers build up soil fertility by crop rotation.Synthetic fertilisers are banned on organic farms.organic produce formal (=food produced by organic farming)The store stocks a wide range of organic produce.verbsgo organic (=buy only organic food, or use only organic methods to farm)Not all families can afford to go organic.become organic (=use only organic methods to farm)More farms are becoming organic, but it is not always an easy choice.adverbstotally/fully organic (=containing only food that is produced using organic methods)All the ingredients are totally organic.
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organic• Nowadays I only buy meat that is organic.• Saturated hydrocarbons can burn to aldehydes, alcohols to organic acids, and aromatics to unsaturated compounds which are pungent and irritating.• For this recipe, use a free-range, organic chicken.• Imagine an entire city of Gaudi buildings, a human-made forest of planted homes and organic churches.• Paints today are getting safer as companies remove volatile organic compounds, but you still need to be careful.• organic dyes• Two studies suggest a possible organic explanation for the disease.• They are demanding more government support for organic farmers.• Several farmers in the county have moved to organic farming recently.• Organic fruit is generally more expensive.• There is an organic link in each song between the words and music• organic material such as leaves, bark, and grass• A more organic metaphor is needed to describe the process of transition.• Most supermarkets now sell organic produce.• Worried by repeated food scares, more and more people are buying organic products.• There was another big increase last year in the demand for organic vegetables.• It is an organic view of the organization.• This magnificent vision of church and society united as an organic whole was, however, doomed to disintegrate.• Clark's proposals see the tax and welfare systems as a single organic whole.organic food/vegetables/milk etc• The children ate organic foods from health food stores and from the garden at their home.• April 1992: the first wholesale organic food market was opened in London.• The organic food most commonly found in a delicatessen is cheese.• This price gulf mirrors the problem with organic food: most shoppers are put off buying it because it's too expensive.• In 1996, organic milk sales totaled $ 30 million.• The secret of the remarkable production by plants of both oxygen and organic food substances is of course photosynthesis.organic waste• The lagoons would be lined and filled with organic waste, after recyclable materials had been separated.• That treatment system, which only removes organic waste, costs $ 41,000 annually to operate and maintain.• Producing methane gas from landfill sites, sewage works and organic wastes is another extremely practical use of resources.• A plastic dustbin with breeding colony on to which organic waste is showered.• Food, wood, the organic wastes of animals and plants are all forms of biomass.• Process Description Catalytic hydrogenation of contaminated organic waste streams is carried out at moderate temperatures and pressures.• Nevertheless, sustained horticulture needs an abundant supply of organic waste to maintain soil structure and fertility.organic unity• Where it is different, Moore calls the whole in question an organic unity.• From this it would follow that the principle of organic unities has no clear meaning.• There is his basic scheme of an organic unity in life, a principle that is extended to human thought.• The principle of organic unities is wielded as yet another weapon against hedonism.• Until such questions are satisfactorily answered, evaluation of the principle of organic unities remains problematic.• Post-structuralist critics will deny that literature possesses the organic unity to which the New Critics attached so much weight.• Moore grants that all very great goods are organic unities which have pleasure as a part.• It is an organic unity with a multiplicity of parts.From Longman Business Dictionaryorganicor‧gan‧ic /ɔːˈgænɪkɔːr-/ adjective1FARMINGrelating to methods of growing food without using artificial chemicalsThey claim that organic farming is better for the environment.the expanding market for organic produce2COMMERCEthe organic growth of a company involves developing its existing business rather than buying other companiesWe’ll look to grow through a mixture of organic growth and acquisition.or·gan·ic adjective →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
relating methods to growing farming of or gardening Business food Corpus
organic
or‧gan‧ic W3 /ɔːˈɡænɪk $ ɔːr-/
adjective
1. FARMING relating to farming or gardening methods of growing food without using artificial chemicals, or produced or grown by these methods:
Organic farming is better for the environment.
organic gardening
organic food/vegetables/milk etc
The shop sells organic food.
organic wine
2. DEVELOPMENT change or development which is organic happens in a natural way, without anyone planning it or forcing it to happen:
The company’s path to success was by means of organic growth.
3. LIVING THINGS living, or produced by or from living things
OPP inorganic:
Adding organic matter such as manure can improve the soil.
Bacteria act on organic waste.
4. PART OF SOMETHING
an organic system or relationship is one in which the parts or people fit well and in a comfortable way with each other:
an organic relationship between the individual and his community
They believe in the organic unity of the universe.
5. BODY ORGANS relating to the organs of the body:
organic diseases
—organically /-kli/ adverb:
organically produced cheese
A writer’s style must develop organically.
■ nouns
▪organic food/vegetables etc Our restaurant uses only fresh organic vegetables. | Many people think that organic food is better for health.
▪organic farming (=farming without using artificial chemicals) the environmental benefits of organic farming
▪organic farmers/farms Organic farmers build up soil fertility by crop rotation. | Synthetic fertilisers are banned on organic farms.
▪organic produce formal (=food produced by organic farming) The store stocks a wide range of organic produce.
■ verbs
▪go organic (=buy only organic food, or use only organic methods to farm) Not all families can afford to go organic.
▪become organic (=use only organic methods to farm) More farms are becoming organic, but it is not always an easy choice.
■ adverbs
▪totally/fully organic (=containing only food that is produced using organic methods) All the ingredients are totally organic.
▪ natural existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: a natural lake | natural light | the earth's natural resources | We only use natural ingredients in our products. | his natural hair colour
▪wild used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: We found some wild strawberries. | wild horses | wild open spaces
▪pure used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: pure orange juice | pure new wool
▪organic used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: organic carrots | organic milk | organic beauty products
▪unspoiled (also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: It was a pleasant unspoilt village. | The countryside is remarkably unspoiled.
▪untouched [not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans.
▪virgin [only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction. | He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario.
or‧gan‧ic W3 /ɔːˈɡænɪk $ ɔːr-/
adjective1. FARMING relating to farming or gardening methods of growing food without using artificial chemicals, or produced or grown by these methods:
organic food/vegetables/milk etc
2. DEVELOPMENT change or development which is organic happens in a natural way, without anyone planning it or forcing it to happen:
3. LIVING THINGS living, or produced by or from living things
OPP inorganic:
4. PART OF SOMETHING
an organic system or relationship is one in which the parts or people fit well and in a comfortable way with each other:
5. BODY ORGANS relating to the organs of the body:
—organically /-kli/ adverb:
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