| 单词 | conserve |
| 释义 | conserve —conserver, n. v. /keuhn serrv"/; n. /kon"serrv, keuhn serrv"/, v. , conserved, conserving, n. v.t. 1. to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race. 2. to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save: Conserve the woodlands. 3. Physics , Chem. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process: the interaction conserved linear momentum. 4. to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup. n. 5. Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins. [1325-75; (v.) ME < L conservare to save, preserve, equiv. to con- CON- + servare to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servire to SERVE); (n.) ME < MF conserve, n. deriv. of conserver < L, as above] Syn. 2. husband, safeguard. |
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