reintroduction

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of introducing something again.
    — On the passenger-carrying 1 ft. 11½ in.-gauge Vale of Rheidol branch from Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge, however, the 2-6-2 tank engines are to be named for the reintroduction of the train service for this summer on June 11.
  2. The release of animals from captivity into the wild, especially, into an area where they have become extirpated or greatly reduced.
    — Klopfer and Gamble (1966) gave 16 female goats (C. hircus) 5 min of contact with their young at parturition. Nine of the mothers had been temporarily rendered anosmic (could not smell) at parturition by spraying a 10% cocaine hydrogen chloride solution into their nostrils 20–90 min prior to parturition. […] Eight of the nine females who were anosmic at parturition but could smell at reintroduction accepted their own offspring, as well as alien young during reinstatement.
  3. An animal so released. countable

词形变化

reintroductions plural

词汇关系

相关词
reintroduce

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English introduction
English reintroduction
From re- + introduction.
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