adaptation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. uncountable
    — To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.
  2. A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment. countable
    — It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.
  3. (uncountable) The process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates. countable,uncountable
  4. The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment. uncountable
    — ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them.
  5. An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed. countable
    — This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects.
  6. The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium. uncountable
    — Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.
  7. An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium. countable
    — Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter.
  8. The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments. countable,uncountable

词形变化

adaptations plural adaption alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
adaptational adaptationism adaptationist angioadaptation bioadaptation counteradaptation deadaptation deep adaptation disadaptation exaptation haloadaptation hedonic adaptation hyperadaptation inadaptation interadaptation ketoadaptation mechanoadaptation misadaptation Netflix adaptation neuroadaptation nonadaptation osmoadaptation overadaptation pathoadaptation photoadaptation postadaptation preadaptation pseudoadaptation readaptation seroadaptation space adaptation syndrome thermoadaptation
相关词
adapt adaptability adaptedness adapter adaption adaptitude co-adaptation

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Medieval Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Medieval Latin -ō
Medieval Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Medieval Latin -tus
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Medieval Latin -ō
Medieval Latin -tō
Medieval Latin aptō
Medieval Latin adaptō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Medieval Latin -tiō
Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor.
French adaptationbor.
English adaptation
From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.
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