英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 保護

   Saints [God] preserve us!

   老天[上帝]保祐!

2. 2. 保存

   Ice preserves food from decay.

   冰能防止食物腐爛.

3. 3. 維持(某種狀態)

   a well-preserved man

   保養得很好的人,不顯老的人

4. 4. 禁止他人捕獵,把…圈為外人禁獵地

5. 5. 保藏,醃(肉),漬(果物),把…做成罐頭

   preserve fruit in [with] sugar.

   把水果做成蜜餞.

6. 6. 儲藏

7. 7. 把…放在心裡,不忘記

8. 8. 使(名聲、作品等)流傳,使留存



9. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 加工食品

10. 2. 圈出外人禁獵地



11. n. (名詞 noun)
    1. 加工成的食品,蜜餞,果醬

12. 2. 罐頭

13. 3. 禁獵地

14. 4. [美] 自然資源保護區

15. 5. 魚塘

16. 6. 獨佔的活動範圍[領域]

17. 7. 遮光眼鏡,護目鏡

柯林斯英英辭典

vb

1. [mainly tr] to keep safe from danger or harm; protect

2. to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain

to preserve old buildings

3. to maintain possession of; keep up

to preserve a façade of indifference

4. to prevent from decomposition or chemical change

5. to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition

6. to make preserves of (fruit, etc)

7. to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr] to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves

n. (noun)

1. something that preserves or is preserved

2. a special area or domain

archaeology is the preserve of specialists

3. [usually plural] fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar

4. areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

5. [Etymology] C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservare literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servare to keep safe