evolve

动词 v.
/ɪˈvɒlv/    /ɪˈvɑlv/|/-ˈvɔlv/|/iˈ-/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To move (something) in regular procession through a system. transitive
    — The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul
  2. To change or transform (something). transitive
    — Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
  3. To cause (something) to come into being or develop. transitive
    — You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
  4. Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution. transitive
    — How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
  5. To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution. transitive
    — A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
  6. To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction. transitive
    — to evolve odours
  7. To wind or unwind (something). obsolete,transitive
    — And come, my Muſe! that lov'ſt the ſylvan ſhade, / Evolve the mazes, and the miſt diſpel; / Tranſlate the ſong; convince my doubting maid / No ſolemn Derviſe can explain ſo vvell— […]
  8. To move in regular procession through a system. intransitive
    — [T]he principles which Art involves, Science alone evolves.
  9. To change, to transform. intransitive
    — What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.
  10. Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution. intransitive
    — How long ago did beaks evolve?

词形变化

evolves present,singular,third-person evolving participle,present evolved participle,past evolved past

词源

Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).
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