[いれこ, ireko] (n) (1) nest (of boxes); nesting; (2) concealed information; (3) (入れ子 only) adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; (4) (See 櫓杭) cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) [Add to Longdo]
[ようしん, youshin] (n) adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.
F. adopter. See {Option}.]
1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,
friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child
of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own
child.
[1913 Webster]
2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;
to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or
policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
[1913 Webster]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
