acclimate

verb

/ˈækləmeɪt/

(especially North American English)

(also acclimatize British and North American English, British English also acclimatise)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they acclimate	/ˈækləmeɪt/ /ˈækləmeɪt/
he / she / it acclimates	/ˈækləmeɪts/ /ˈækləmeɪts/
past simple acclimated	/ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/
past participle acclimated	/ˈækləmeɪtɪd/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪd/
-ing form acclimating	/ˈækləmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈækləmeɪtɪŋ/

to get used to a new place, situation or climate（使）习惯（新地方、新情况、新气候）；（使）服水土
- Competitors should arrive two weeks earlier to get acclimated to the sweltering heat.参赛者应该提前两周到达，以适应酷热的天气。
词源late 18th cent.: from French acclimater, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + climat ‘climate’.