| 单词 | to revert to type |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto revert to type e. intransitive. to revert to type: (Biology) to return to an earlier or original form or state; (hence) to go back to behaving in a way seen as typical or innate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [verb (intransitive)] > revert to ancestral type to call back1853 revert1859 to revert to type1861 1861 Recreative Sci. 2 275/1 A species is a distinct idea in Nature..and..there is a constant tendency to revert to type, and to keep type true to its original character for ever. 1896 Temple Bar Feb. 271 Man—however outwardly civilized—has always a remnant of the savage in him. And he reverts to type chiefly in the matter of his superstitions. 1915 Times 27 Sept. 11/3 The London woman..is rather hard to suit this season... She was shown a tendency to revert to type—to be the tailor-made, neat-hatted Englishwoman. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes viii. 102 Any attempt to proceed further may result in the strain deteriorating; for among all domestic animals there is a strong tendency to revert to type. 1988 I. Colegate Deceits of Time (1990) 120 She was an upper-class English girl... She reverted to type and married some young sprig of the aristocracy. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home 4 She wasn't so old. But she'd reverted to type, smoked like a chimney, drank like a fish, put on weight. < as lemmas |
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