adapt的词源
英文词源
- adapt (v.)
- early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intransitive) is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
中文词源
发音释义:[ə'dæpt] vt. 使适应;改编vi. 适应
结构分析:adapt = ad(去,使)+apt(合适的)+ t →使合适→适应
词源解释:apt←拉丁语aptus(合适的)←拉丁语apere(加入、附加)
同源词: apt(恰当的、有……倾向的),adaptable(能适应的),adaptation(适应、改变),adapter(适配器)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:adapt 词源,adapt 含义。
前缀ad-, 去,往。apt, 适应的。
adapt:(使)适应,适合;改写,改编
词根词缀: ad-加强意义 + -apt-适合,适应