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单词 acclimatizer
释义

acclimatizern.

Brit. /əˈklʌɪmətʌɪzə/, U.S. /əˈklaɪməˌtaɪzər/
Forms: 1800s– acclimatiser, 1800s– acclimatizer.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acclimatize v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < acclimatize v. + -er suffix1. Compare earlier acclimator n.
A person who or thing which habituates something to a new climate or environment; spec. a person who acclimatizes or naturalizes foreign species in a new region. Also figurative.
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1850 New Eng. Farmer 28 Sept. 325/1 These are circumstances the acclimatizer must well attend to, ere he plant out a single exotic.
1864 Dr. J. E. Gray in Athenæum No. 1926. 407/2 The schemes of the would-be acclimatizers.
1868 C. W. Dilke Greater Brit. II. xiv. 145 We English are great acclimatisers: we have carried trial by jury to Bengal, tenant-right to Oude, and caps and gowns to be worn..at Calcutta University.
1955 E. Hillary High Adventure (2003) viii. 148 His rope work was first class... Although not perhaps technically outstanding in ice-craft, he was very strong and determined and an excellent acclimatiser.
1996 E. Tenner Why Things bite Back vi. 121 But the days were ending when gentlemen amateur acclimatizers could undertake to enrich the wildlife of North America, Australia, and New Zealand.
2002 J. Weyland Answer is Never xvi. 266 The end of the half-pipe was a sloped ditch with a grindable edge, a perfect acclimatizer for me after Oahu.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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