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单词 preserved
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preservedadj.

Brit. /prᵻˈzəːvd/, U.S. /prəˈzərvd/, /priˈzərvd/
Forms: see preserve v. and -ed suffix1; also 1700s preserv'd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preserve v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < preserve v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly earlier unpreserved adj.
1. Protected, kept safe; maintained, retained.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > conserved
preserved1552
conserved1832
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved in being or use
preserved1552
retained1875
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved or undestroyed > preserved from decay, loss, or destruction
preserved1552
nice preserved1594
seasoned1644
conserved1662
hained1786
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Preserued, præseruatus. Preserued in health, sospes.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 623 Kept Preserued. Prouincia ab hostium populatione defensa.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 287 By the obligation of our euer preserued loue..bee euen and direct with me whether you were sent for or no. View more context for this quotation
1661 W. Lower Amorous Fantasme ii. vi. 39 Thy preserved life is still in danger.
1790 T. Penrose Sketch Lives & Writings Dante & Petrarch 77 In the Vatican, and library of Modena, are preserved manuscripts of the lives of Boniface Calvi..and Bartholomew Georgi.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough iii. 22 A strong odour of preserved tobacco-smoke.
1904 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 25 June 11/4 The earliest preserved manuscript is of the tenth century.
1955 F. Bowers On Editing Shakespeare & Elizabethan Dramatists 125 A preserved document must, of course, serve as the basis for a critical edition.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 453/1 The youngest stratigraphic system is the Copernican System; it encompasses the freshest lunar craters, most of which have preserved rays.
2.
a. Of organic material, esp. foodstuffs: treated so as to prevent decomposition, fermentation, or decay.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [adjective]
conditec1420
well-cured?a1425
confite1484
pickled1552
confect1558
soused1568
preserved1569
comfited1599
condited1626
confected1808
processed1876
tubbed1882
1569 Chamberlains' Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 92 For a pounde of preseved cherys ijs.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. vi. 15 A pot a Dates preserued.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe i. i. l. 275 Go into Bucklers-bury and fetch me two ounces of preserued Melounes.
1675 R. Hooke Diary 14 Nov. (1935) 194 Eat preserved walnuts.
1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage iii. 61 The Closets of the Ladies were..Ornamented and Embellish'd with preserv'd Butterflies, and beautiful Shells.
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) III. xvi. 250 The insolvent Party was obliged to leave, in Pledge, the Mummies, or preserved Bodies of his deceased Ancestors.
1816 Times 11 Sept. 3/2 The sculls of a sea-horse and bear, the ear of a whale, and the preserved skin of a black eagle.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. vi. 92 Delectable dishes of preserved plums.
1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 414 She had never seen anything so utterly horrid as a preserved Capuchin.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 22/1 (advt.) Also delicious with fresh or preserved fruits.
1990 New Scientist 24 Nov. 24/1 A New Zealand scientist who has studied preserved samples of moss.
b. Of game or an area containing game: kept for private hunting, protected.
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1793 C. Smith Old Manor House I. iv. 86 An army of sportsmen..had no respect..for the preserved grounds around Rayland Hall, which not even the game-keepers ever alarmed with an hostile sound.
1811 Times 18 Sept. 1/3 (advt.) A preserved manor, well stocked with game, situate in a desirable part of the county of Surrey.
1846 ‘F. Forester’ My Shooting Box ii. 31 Even in a preserved wood with trimly cut rides to walk in dryshod, with no thorns or briars to annoy you, trousers are just as good.
1881 Daily News 1 Sept. 5/3 The Duke of Edinburgh..fished Lord Dalhousie's preserved water on South Esk, having good sport.
1911 Folk-lore 22 75 The discouragement of women shooting is an excellent thing where preserved game is scarce enough to be preserved for man alone.
1933 Times 14 Aug. 7/2 With the opening of the shooting season, and the consequent disturbing of the birds, a noticeable increase is reported in the damage done to preserved game by road traffic.
1997 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 8 Feb. d1 The Outdoor World in Springfield features a four-story natural stone waterfall, preserved game, and a man-made lake stocked with a variety of fish.

Compounds

C1. (In sense 2a.) Forming compounds used attributively, as preserved-fruit, preserved-meat, preserved-milk, etc.
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1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 164 Travelling on about a quarter of a mile further, and in the same direction, we came upon a deposit of more than six hundred preserved-meat cans.
1881 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 44 712 Some few years ago a preserved milk factory was set on foot at Mallow by a Mr Newnham.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 2/3 The development of the marmalade and preserved-fruit industry.
1906 Daily Chron. 28 July 5/5 A ‘preserved provision’ merchant.
1957 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 64 510/1 Milk..was..diverted from butter to cheese and preserved-milk production.
C2.
preserved pension n. British a pension which will provide benefits at retirement to contributors who leave the scheme before then.
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1963 Times 6 Feb. 11 It is a very plain and obvious fact that the vast majority of employees prefer cash to a preserved pension.
1991 Which? Aug. 467/1 For employees leaving a final salary scheme, taking a preserved pension has become a more attractive option.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Nov. 13 It first became a legal requirement to provide a preserved pension, subject to certain conditions, on April 6 1975.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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