| 单词 | acclimation |
| 释义 | acclimation (once / 100164 pages) n Acclimation is when you adjust to a new climate or situation. You could say that your acclimation to living in a new country has been harder than you expected. The process of acclimation is all about the way that a person or other organism adapts to a new environment. In science, acclimation describes a specific process, the biological changes an animal or plant makes in response to a change, like trees' acclimation to an increase in carbon dioxide. In people, acclimation is more about adjusting to something new — like a child's acclimation to having a new baby sister. WORD FAMILYacclimate: acclimated, acclimates, acclimating, acclimation+/acclimatise: acclimatisation, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatising/acclimatize: acclimatization, acclimatized, acclimatizes, acclimatizing/climate: acclimate, acclimatise, acclimatize, climates, climatic, climatical/climatic: climatically USAGE EXAMPLESMcConnell is widely popular among Republicans and his election was by acclimation on Wednesday. Time(Nov 16, 2016) Baryshnikov, by acclimation the greatest ballet dancer in the world in the 1970s and 1980s, explained that his ordeal only got worse with time. Golf Digest(Oct 12, 2016) Hogan’s solitary quest for perfection produced a quality and repetition of ball-striking that by acclimation remains the standard. Golf Digest(Sep 12, 2016) n adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) Syn|Hyper acclimatisation, acclimatization adaptation, adaption, adjustment the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
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