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
