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单词 adopter
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dopt /əˈdɑpt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to take up and use or practice:to adopt a nickname; adopt a wait-and-see attitude.
  2. to take and rear (the child of others) as one's own child, esp. by a formal legal act:to adopt a baby.
  3. to accept formally:The committee adopted the report.
a•dopt•a•bil•i•ty, n. [uncountable]
a•dopt•a•ble, adj. 
a•dopt•er, n. [countable]See -opt-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•dopt  (ə dopt),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to choose or take as one's own;
    make one's own by selection or assent:to adopt a nickname.
  2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.
  3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship:to adopt a person as a protégé.
  4. to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.
  5. to vote to accept:The House adopted the report.
  6. to accept or act in accordance with (a plan, principle, etc.).
  7. adopt out, to place (a child) for adoption:The institution may keep a child or adopt it out.
  • Latin adoptāre, equivalent. to ad- ad- + optāre to opt
  • Middle French adopter)
  • (1490–1500
a•dopter, n. 

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