Preserve



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• v. 保护; 保藏
• ［英］ v. 保护 ( protect) ; 保藏 ( to keep alive or intact; maintain)
• ［记］ pre ( 预先) +serve ( 保存)
• ［同］ 同根词: reserve ( 保留, 储备) ; conserve ( 保存)
• ［例］ Max eats only good things, hoping to preserve his health.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (preserved; preserving)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin praeservare, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand, from Latin prae- + servare to keep, guard, observe — more at conserve
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction ; protect
  • 2.
    • a. to keep alive, intact, or free from decay
    • b. maintain
  • 3.
    • a. to keep or save from decomposition
    • b. to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use
  • 4. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make preserves
  • 2. to raise and protect game for purposes of sport
  • 3. to be able to be preserved (as by canning)
• ? preservability noun
• ? preservable adjective
• ? preservation noun
• ? preserver noun

II. noun

• Date: 1600
• 1. fruit canned or made into jams or jellies or cooked whole or in large pieces in a syrup so as to keep its shape — often used in plural
• 2. an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural resources (as animals or plants) <a game preserve for regulated hunting or fishing><nature preserves>
• 3. something regarded as reserved for certain persons

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