| 单词 |
preservatory |
| 释义 |
preservatory, a. and n. rare.|prɪˈzɜːvətərɪ|
[ad. L. types *præservātōri-us, -ōri-um, f. præservāre to preserve: see -ory1 and -ory2: cf. conservatory, observatory, etc.]
A. adj. Tending to preserve; preservative.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. iii. 128 The intentions, and indevours must be no other than preservatory. 1701–2Narr. Lower Ho. Convocation Vind. 47 Business not so much Preparatory, as Preservatory.
B. n. (absol. use of adj.)
1. A means of preserving; a preservative.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 410 Such vain Preservatories of us, are our Inheritances, even once removed. 1665G. Harvey Advice agst. Plague 13 Most people that carry those perfumed boxes about with them, imagine them sufficient preservatories, as if the Infection were only taken by inspiration through the Nostrils. 1758Sir J. Fielding (title) A Plan for a Preservatory and Reformatory, For the Benefit of Deserted Girls, and Penitent Prostitutes.
2. A place for preserving; = preserve n. 4.
1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit., Secr. Hist. Blenheim, Atossa..had driven [her hunted prey] to a spot which she flattered herself would inclose it with the security of a preservatory.
3. U.S. An apparatus for preserving substances for food, etc.
1875in Knight Dict. Mech. |
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