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Acclimatization is the process of getting used to a new place, a new kind of weather, or a new situation — or of helping someone else get used to it. talk about acclimatization when they spend days higher and higher in the mountains so the body can cope with thin air. A new student goes through acclimatization too, though people more often say settling in. Though actually, this noun is about change over time, not a single moment of “I like it now.” In American English you will also meet acclimation, a shorter cousin. The related verb is (or, in the US, often acclimate).
適應過程、氣候適應(口語常說「適應環境」或「服水土」;這個詞較正式,登山、出國較常見)
組成acclimatize + -ation (the process). The verb goes back to French acclimater, from a- + climat (“climate”). English also has the shorter verb acclimate.
同家族的字
- acclimatizethe verb; this is the -ation noun
- climatethe French climat inside the word
- acclimatethe shorter American verb from the same French word
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acclimatizationnoun/əˌklaɪ.mə.təˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
- The expedition paused to allow for proper acclimatization at base camp.
- Acclimatization to extreme climates is essential for survival.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。