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单词 preservers
释义

preserve /pri-zûrvˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To keep safe from harm or loss
  2. To keep safe from danger or death, to keep alive
  3. To keep in existence
  4. To retain
  5. To maintain, keep up
  6. To keep sound
  7. To keep from or guard against decay
  8. To freeze, dry, pickle, season, boil in sugar or otherwise treat (food) for keeping
  9. To guard (game, or land, rivers, etc) against shooting or fishing by unauthorized persons
intransitive verb

To preserve game, fish, ground, or water, etc

noun
  1. A jam, pickle or other preserved form of fruit or vegetables
  2. An area of land or stretch of water where game or fish are reared for private shooting or fishing
  3. An area of work or activity regarded as restricted to certain people and forbidden to outsiders
  4. (in pl) spectacles or goggles to protect the eyes from dust or strong light (old)
ORIGIN: Fr préserver, from L prae before, and servāre to keep

preservabilˈity noun

preservˈable adjective

preservāˈtion /prez-/ noun

  1. The process of preserving or of being preserved
  2. Repair

preservāˈtionist noun

Someone who is interested in preserving traditional and historic things

preservˈative adjective

Serving to preserve

noun
  1. A preserving agent, eg a chemical added to food
  2. A safeguard
  3. A prophylactic medicine, etc

preservˈatory adjective and noun

preservˈer noun

preservation order noun

A legally binding directive ordering the preservation of a building deemed to be historically important

preservˈing-pan noun

A large pan usu with a hooped handle and a lip, in which jams, etc are made

well-preserved (informal; of a person)

Not showing the signs of ageing one would expect in a person of such an age

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