名詞 ethology:

1. the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats

e.thol.o.gy

n.（名詞）
The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment.
動(dòng)物行為學(xué)：對(duì)動(dòng)物行為，尤指在自然環(huán)境下發(fā)生的行為的一種科學(xué)研究
The study of human ethos and its formation.
性格學(xué)：對(duì)人類性格氣質(zhì)或民族精神及其形成的研究

來(lái)源：
French éthologie
法語(yǔ) éthologie
from Latin ôthologia [art of depicting character]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) ôthologia [刻畫性格的藝術(shù)]
from Greek
源自 希臘語(yǔ)
ôthos [character] * see ethos
ôthos [性格] *參見(jiàn) ethos
-logia [-logy]
-logia [學(xué)科]

【引伸】
eth.olog.ical
ethol.ogist
n.（名詞）