adaptation

名词 adaptation:

1. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
   同义词：version
2. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
   同义词：adaption, adjustment
3. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

1. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
   生命活的有机物区别于死的有机物和无机物的特性和性质，主要表现在新陈代谢、生长发育、生殖、对刺激的反应、对环境的适应等有机体本身所固有的机能中
2. Some novels quite readily lend themselves to adaptation as plays; others do not.
   一些小说很容易地被改编成剧本; 而其它则不行。
3. The physiological adaptation of an animal or a plant to changes in climate or environment, such as light, temperature, or altitude.
   适应气候动物或植物在生理上对气候或环境的变化，比如光线，气温或高度变化的适应
4. I bought my son an adaptation for children of a play by Shakespeare.
   我给我儿子买了为儿童改编的莎士比亚剧本。