| 释义 |
juvenilizing, ppl. a.|ˈdʒuːvɪnɪlaɪzɪŋ|
[f. as *juvenilize v. + -ing2.]
Rendering young or youthful; that preserves youth, rejuvenating; chiefly Ent., producing or pertaining to the arrest or reversal of the maturation of an insect or its organs.
1959Punch 19 Aug. 52/1 To keep that lovely youthful contour pat in the deeply nourishing, juvenilizing cream for half an hour each morning and evening. 1969Life Sciences VIII. 831 Their failure to induce a juvenilizing effect was puzzling since the larvae readily react to tiny amounts of Cecropia juvenile hormone. 1973Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca LXX. 293 It is important to note that low doses of juvenilizing substances which affected older larvae had no effect on younger larvae. 1981Toxicology XIX. 268 The possible juvenilizing effects of Dimilin and Altosid against larvae of Culex pipiens..were studied. 1989Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. A. XCII. 163 At 18°C the last instar Galleria mellonella larvae respond to juvenilizing treatment—chilling stress or juvenile hormone analogue—with a very low percentage or no supernumerary moults, respectively. |