英语词汇“preservative”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

preserve /pri-zûrvˈ/

transitive verb

To keep safe from harm or loss

To keep safe from danger or death, to keep alive

To keep in existence

To retain

To maintain, keep up

To keep sound

To keep from or guard against decay

To freeze, dry, pickle, season, boil in sugar or otherwise treat (food) for keeping

To guard (game, or land, rivers, etc) against shooting or fishing by unauthorized persons

intransitive verb

To preserve game, fish, ground, or water, etc

noun

A jam, pickle or other preserved form of fruit or vegetables

An area of land or stretch of water where game or fish are reared for private shooting or fishing

An area of work or activity regarded as restricted to certain people and forbidden to outsiders

(in pl) spectacles or goggles to protect the eyes from dust or strong light (old)

ORIGIN: Fr préserver, from L prae before, and servāre to keep

preservabilˈity noun

preservˈable adjective

preservāˈtion /prez-/ noun

The process of preserving or of being preserved

Repair

preservāˈtionist noun

Someone who is interested in preserving traditional and historic things

preservˈative adjective

Serving to preserve

noun

preservˈatory adjective and noun

preservˈer noun

preservation order noun

A legally binding directive ordering the preservation of a building deemed to be historically important

preservˈing-pan noun

A large pan usu with a hooped handle and a lip, in which jams, etc are made

well-preserved (informal; of a person)

Not showing the signs of ageing one would expect in a person of such an age