preserve

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vt. 保护, 保持, 保存, 维持, 腌, 禁猎 vi. 加工食品, 禁猎 n. 加工成的食品, 禁猎地, 保护区, 防护物

发音

UK /pɹəˈzɜːv/
US /pɹəˈzɝv/

词形变化

preserves 复数 preserves preserved preserves 三单 preservest preserveth preserving preserving 现在分词 preserved 过去式 preserved 过去分词

别名

Pres præserve

教材释义与例句

名词

保护区；禁猎地；加工成的食品

动词

保存；保护；维持；腌；禁猎

to save something or someone from being harmed or destroyed

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.

    果酱

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A reservation, a nature preserve.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An exclusive area of activity.

    可数 不可数

    Kids regard their tree houses as their own preserve.

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

    Let's pray that we'd be preserved from danger.

    Every people has the right to preserve its identity and culture.

  2. 2.

    To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.

    to preserve peaches or grapes

  3. 3.

    To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

    to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

    I preserved a composed manner throughout the interrogation.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

conserve preserves conserves

上位词 9

area field orbit reservation reserve arena domain sphere confiture

下位词 8

jam jelly marmalade apple butter chowchow lemon cheese lemon curd shooting preserve
动词

同义词 9

keep save continue maintain uphold conserve carry on keep up bear on

上位词 10

make keep ready hold protect fix cook prepare maintain hold on

下位词 10

do can husband record enter manage cure salt corn tin

近义相关 6

keep continue proceed goon go along move ahead

相关短语

God preserve us nature preserve natural preserve shooting preserve un. 禁猎区 game preserve 禁猎区

词源

From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”).

来源：wiktionary