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词汇 Red Queen
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Definition of Red Queen in English:

Red Queen

noun ˌrɛd ˈkwiːn
Biology
  • Attributive and in the possessive. The hypothesis that in order to survive, a species must evolve sufficiently rapidly to counter evolutionary changes in ecologically competing species (e.g. predator or prey); especially in "Red Queen's hypothesis".

Origin

1970s. From the name of the Red Queen, a character in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-glass, who asserts (ch. ii) that ‘it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.’.

Definition of Red Queen in US English:

Red Queen

nounˌrɛd ˈkwiːn
Biology
  • Attributive and in the possessive. The hypothesis that in order to survive, a species must evolve sufficiently rapidly to counter evolutionary changes in ecologically competing species (e.g. predator or prey); especially in "Red Queen's hypothesis".

Origin

1970s. From the name of the Red Queen, a character in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-glass, who asserts (ch. ii) that ‘it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.’.

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