单词 | arcticize |
释义 | arcticizev. transitive. To adapt or accustom to Arctic or very cold conditions. Also intransitive: to become accustomed to such conditions (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > make into zone or belt [verb (transitive)] > make arctic arcticize1891 1891 E. Muret Encyclopædic Eng.-German & German-Eng. Dict. I. i. 136/3 Arcticise, arktisieren, an das Polarklima gewöhlen. 1930 M. L. C. Davis Uncle Sam's Attic xii. 115 Domestic animals brought to our Alaskan North begin at once to become articians and to arcticize. 1944 Autocar 16 June 419/2 If they are destined for overseas they are first ‘Arcticised’ or ‘Desertised’ and sealed against damage by moisture or sea water before being finally delivered to the port of embarkation. 1960 A. MacLean Night without End iv. 65 We have the prefabricated wooden sides and top that we need to arcticize it. 1976 Naval Hist. Rev. (Austral.) Sept. 15/1 Murchison, having been built in Australia for temperate to tropical conditions, was not arcticised in any shape or form and we felt the cold very badly. 1997 E. Ashmore Battle & Breeze ii. 44 The ship was being ‘tropicalised’..and then suddenly, about the beginning of December, the powers that be decided to ‘arcticise’ her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1891 |
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