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蜜饯,果酱保存,保全

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conserve \Con*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conserved}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Conserving}.] [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- +
   servare to keep, guard. See {Serve}.]
   1. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to
      protect.

            The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and
            maintain with the emperor.            --Strype.

   2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of
      preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Conserve \Con"serve\, n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.]
   1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat
      prepared with sugar; a confection.

            I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves,
            till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
                                                  --Tatler.

   2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered
      vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined
      sugar. See {Confection}.

   3. A conservatory. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

资料来源 : WordNet®

conserve
     n : fruit preserved by cooking with sugar [syn: {preserve}, {conserves},
          {preserves}]

conserve
     v 1: keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or
          evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this
          process"
     2: keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or
        destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings";
        "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children
        must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The
        museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" [syn: {preserve},
         {maintain}, {keep up}]
     3: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare
        time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
        [syn: {husband}, {economize}, {economise}] [ant: {waste}]
     4: preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries
        we grew in the backyard"