| 释义 |
reˈpackage, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To package again; spec. to redesign the packaging of (a product) to make it more attractive to the public; to present for sale in a different form. Also fig.
1918Thom & Fisk Bk. Cheese vi. 84 Cheese of any group may be run through mixing and molding machines and re-packaged in very different form from that characteristic of the variety. 1938Printers' Ink Monthly May 12 (heading) Wholesale line re-packaged. 1958Mod. Packaging Dec. 96/2 A package-design firm was called in to repackage the two sluggish items. 1966Electronics 31 Oct. 42 Smallest model of IBM's new 4 Pi computer family, configured for a tactical missile. For other applications, the same basic design can be repackaged. 1975Business Week 18 Aug. 98/3 MCA plans to repackage the thousands of films in its library for Disco-Vision. 1983Listener 20 Oct. 5/1 The same set of ideas can be repackaged just so often. 1989Institutional Investor Jan. 90 Why not repackage the state's GOs to make them attractive to parents financing a child's education?
Hence reˈpackaged ppl. a.; reˈpackager n.; reˈpackaging vbl. n.
1958Mod. Packaging Dec. 96/1 If bold repackaging of two slow sellers can change inventories into back orders, why not apply the same strategy to the whole line? 1975Chem. Week 5 Feb. 26/3 J. C. Penney and Sears..are repackagers. 1975Aviation Week & Space Technol. 10 Mar. 24/1 The production avionics includes a repackaged radar in place of the brassboard version on the SID airplane. 1989Tulsa World 25 July b6/3 Brainerd is a licensed pharmaceutical repackager. |