| 释义 |
reaˈdapt, v.
[re- 5 a.]
a. trans. To adapt anew.
1843Holtzapffel Turning II. 663 To re-adapt it [the nut] to the lessened size of the screw. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. i. i. (1872) I. 14 To readapt, in a purified state, the old eras.
b. intr. To become adapted anew.
1961Webster, Readapt.., to become adapted again. 1971N. Freeling Over High Side iii. 226 The little flat..had become ‘working woman alone’ instead of ‘married couple’... ‘I'm glad to see you're re-adapting with no trouble.’
So readaptaˈbility; readapˈtation; reaˈdaptive a.; reaˈdaptiveness.
1859Stopford Work & Counterwork 29 This is but a readaptation..of the first faculty of reasoning. 1875Whitney Life Lang. viii. 144 The adaptations and readaptations of articulate signs. 1889Pall Mall G. 5 Jan. 3/3 The prodigal fund of ever fresh and readaptive humour. 1894Forum (U.S.) Aug. 672 Evidence of their readaptability to society. Ibid. 673 Anti-social perversity or social readaptiveness. |
