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单词 reserved
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•served /rɪˈzɜrvd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. set apart for someone or some particular purpose:reserved seats.
  2. cautious or formal in dealing with others.
re•serv•ed•ly /rɪˈzɜrvɪdli/USA pronunciation  adv. See -serv2-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•served  (ri zûrvd),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
  2. kept by special arrangement for some person:a reserved seat.
  3. formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others:a quiet, reserved man.
  4. characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.:reserved comments.
  5. retaining the original color of a surface, esp. when decorating portions of the surface with other colors.
  • 1425–75; late Middle English; see reserve, -ed2
re•serv•ed•ly  (ri zûrvid lē),USA pronunciation adv.  re•served•ness, n. 
    • 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged composed, controlled reticent, constrained, taciturn, withdrawn, distant, cold.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reserved /rɪˈzɜːvd/ adj
  1. set aside for use by a particular person or people: this table is reserved
  2. cool or formal in manner; restrained, silent, or reticent
  3. destined; fated: reserved for great things
  4. referring to matters that are the responsibility of the national parliament rather than a devolved regional assembly: defence is a reserved issue

reservedly /rɪˈzɜːvɪdlɪ/ adv reˈservedness n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•serve /rɪˈzɜrv/USA pronunciation   v., -served, -serv•ing, n., adj. 
v. [+ object]
  1. to keep back or save for future use, handling, etc.:He reserved his strength for the last half mile of the race.
  2. to keep aside or save by an arrangement in advance:We reserved a room at the hotel.
  3. to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.:reserved certain seats for the elderly.
  4. to delay;
    postpone:He reserved judgment on the plan.

n. 
  1. Business[countable] cash, or other financial sources that can be easily changed into cash or held aside to meet unexpected demands.
  2. something stored or saved for use or time of need;
    stock:[countable]a reserve of food.
  3. an area of public land set apart for a special purpose:[countable]a forest reserve.
  4. Military reserves, [plural] part of a military force held in readiness to assist the main force, or kept apart and not in active duty:joined the reserves.
  5. [uncountable] caution or formality in one's words or actions.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. kept in reserve:reserve supplies.
Idioms
  1. Idioms in reserve, put aside for a future need:money held in reserve.

See -serv-2.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reserve /rɪˈzɜːv/ vb (transitive)
  1. to keep back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency; withhold
  2. to keep for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to question these men later
  3. to obtain or secure by advance arrangement: I have reserved two tickets for tonight's show
  4. to delay delivery of (a judgment), esp in order to allow time for full consideration of the issues involved
n
  1. something kept back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency
  2. (as modifier): a reserve stock
  3. the state or condition of being reserved: I have plenty in reserve
  4. a tract of land set aside for the protection and conservation of wild animals, flowers, etc: a nature reserve

  5. Also called: reservation Canadian an area of land set aside, esp (in the US and Canada) for American or Canadian Indian peoples
  6. Austral NZ an area of publicly owned land set aside for sport, recreation, etc
  7. the act of reserving; reservation
  8. a member of a team who only plays if a playing member drops out; a substitute
  9. (often plural) a part of an army or formation not committed to immediate action in a military engagement
  10. that part of a nation's armed services not in active service
  11. coolness or formality of manner; restraint, silence, or reticence
  12. a portion of capital not invested (a capital reserve) or a portion of profits not distributed (a revenue or general reserve) by a bank or business enterprise and held to meet legal requirements, future liabilities, or contingencies
  13. (often plural) liquid assets held by an organization, government, etc, to meet expenses and liabilities
  14. without reservewithout reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French reserver, from Latin reservāre to save up, from re- + servāre to keep

reˈservable adj reˈserver n
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