acclimatize

vt. 使适应新环境, 使服水土 vi. 服水土

发音

其它 /əˈklaɪ.məˌtaɪz/

词形变化

acclimatized acclimatizes 三单 acclimatizes acclimatizing acclimatizing 现在分词 acclimatized 过去式 acclimatized 过去分词

别名

acclimatise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.

    不及物

    acclimatize to the new regulations

    It takes time to acclimatize to the thin air of high mountains.

    She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country.

    The soldiers had to acclimatize before starting operations in the desert.

  2. 2.

    To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

    及物

    acclimatize the staff to the new regulations

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English acclimatize From acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836.

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