| 单词 | preserve |
| 释义 | Word Frequency preserve(prɪˈzɜːv) verb (mainly tr) 1. to keep safe from danger or harm; protect 2. to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain to preserve old buildings 3. to maintain possession of; keep up to preserve a façade of indifference 4. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change 5. to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition 6. to make preserves of (fruit, etc) 7. to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing 8. (intransitive) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves noun 9. something that preserves or is preserved 10. a special area or domain archaeology is the preserve of specialists 11. (usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar 12. an area where game is reared for private hunting or fishing Derived forms preservable (preˈservable) adjective preservability (preˌservaˈbility) noun preservably (preˈservably) adverb preservation (ˌprɛzəˈveɪʃən) noun preserver (preˈserver) noun Word origin C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe |
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