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acclimate

/ak-luh-meyt, uh-klahy-mit/US // ˈæk ləˌmeɪt, əˈklaɪ mɪt //

适应,适应环境,适应性,适应气候

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Definitions

  1. 1

    ac·cli·mat·ed, ac·cli·mat·ing.

    • : to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt.

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Examples

  • Gail hated the routine and its risks, but she slowly acclimated.

  • He remembers playing fast and frantically as a 16-year-old in the Israeli league, trying to speed up his development all while acclimating to a game that was played at a higher level than anything he had experienced before.

  • From camera trap to petri dish, the evidence suggests wild pandas have stumbled onto an environmental resource that acts as a sort of analgesic against the cold, perhaps helping them acclimate to winter, the researchers conclude.

  • Alternatively, the reptiles’ bodies could have changed in some way to acclimate to the colder temperatures.

  • Give yourself time to acclimate to a hot environment, and try workouts in the early morning or evening rather than when temperatures are at their peak.

  • They do not acclimate as well to high temperatures, sweat less, and produce more body heat than adults.

  • When you look at happiness studies, you see that people acclimate to even terrible events: widowhood, divorce, terrible injuries.

  • You have to acclimate and accept your situation and not resist.

  • So now, they argued, it would in time acclimate itself to more rigorous temperatures.

  • So fast will Nature acclimate her sons, Though late returning to her pristine ways.

  • Persistent efforts have been made to acclimate both Heather and Gorse in America.

  • It may take a year or two to acclimate them to this more equable and more refreshing temperature.

  • They had learned to appreciate their skill in the arts, and resolved to acclimate those arts at home.