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单词 conserver
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conservern.

Brit. /kənˈsəːvə/, U.S. /kənˈsərvər/
Forms: see conserve v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conserve v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < conserve v. + -er suffix1. Compare Middle French conserveur person or thing that conserves (c1400). Compare earlier conservator n.
1.
a. A person who conserves (in senses of the verb); a preserver of something.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc.
conserverc1443
conservator1660
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 221 (MED) Þou lord, maker and conseruer of alle hem.
1534 U. von Hutten in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester Pref. sig. Bvi The conseruer and mayntener of lyberte, that is to wyt, the prince or emperour of ye Romayns.
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 79v, in Bulwarke of Defence The conseruers and kepers of health, should studie, [etc.].
1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning 9 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. A general Custom of the Priests in each Country..having been..the perpetual Conservers of Knowledg.
1730 A. Moncrieff Proper, True & Supreme Deity v. 74 The Son of God..is described as the Conserver as well as the Creator.
1842 R. W. Emerson Nature (1844) 94 We are..reformers in the morning, conservers at night.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 12 271 Obstructive Conservatives, or the Conservers of Death.
1939 Times 4 Sept. 4/4 It was our historical role..to be the conserver of energy for our allies on the Continent.
1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Dec. vi. 40 Scholars have been for ages the..conservers of literary tradition.
2004 Church Times 4 June 15/5 Rewarding ‘conservers’, those who are imposing the least environmental burden.
b. Something that conserves.
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1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull iv. f. cxxxiv Sobernesse is conseruer of frendship..& of peace, where dronkennes breaketh them.
1585 R. Greene Planetomachia sig. Bv Loue... is ye enemie to dissention,..the preseruer & conseruer of humane actions.
1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. iv. 61 Liberty..violated by that Court which is the onely defence and conserver of it.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 131 A Church..is to be a conserver of Faith.
1722 ‘E. Philalethes’ tr. H. de Longeville Long Livers xvi. 117 He proclaim'd her [sc. sobriety] the Support of Life, Conserver of Health.
1850 C. Mathews Chanticleer vii. 98 Such a sweet sympathy..is the only maker and conserver of churches and commonwealths.
1923 P. H. Houston Dr. Johnson iii. 57 The French Academy, bulwark of the classic spirit and the conserver of the purity of the French tongue.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 11 July A further reason to allow the domestic price of oil to rise is economics, as the market mechanism is the best conserver.
2007 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 19 July 22 All it would take is a new regulation designating them [sc. clotheslines] as important energy-conservers.
2. = conservatory n. 5. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir
recluse1593
conservera1614
reserver1615
conservatory1626
tank1634
reservatory1666
reservoir1686
kund1837
impounding reservoir1875
catch basin1884
spring box1887
tank1898
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 282 All thair Conservars and cisterns of water.
3. A maker of conserves (see conserve n. 2). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at cited word Conserver... A preparer of conserves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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