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单词 acclimator
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acclimatorn.

Brit. /ˈaklᵻmeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈækləˌmeɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acclimate v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < acclimate v. + -or suffix.
Now rare.
A person who habituates something or someone to a new environment or climate; = acclimatizer n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > acclimatization > one who acclimatizes
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1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. xiv. 224 He an acclimator! I will engage to get the brats acclimated to a fever-and-agy bottom in a week.
1851 E. S. Dixon Aviary i, in Dovecote & Aviary 239 These arrangements and considerations are not at all romancing or imaginary, nor must they be neglected by acclimators of the Cracidae.
1866 Austral. & N.Z. Gaz. 3 Feb. 71/2 A nice set of people, indeed, we should be if the practical acclimators of olden times..had never existed.
1994 T. Flannery Future Eaters xxx. 356 Among the greatest of all acclimators was Edward Wilson of Victoria. He once said of species suitable for acclimatisation ‘if it lives, we want it.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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