| 释义 |
reˈpaper, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To paper (a room, etc.) again. Also absol. Hence reˈpapering vbl. n.
1854Mrs. Gaskell North & S. (1855) I. vii. 96 The landlord..had relented from his expressed determination not to repaper. 1857― Life Charlotte Brontë II. xiii. 313 Some re-papering and re-painting in the Parsonage. 1863Sat. Rev. 17 Jan. 77/2 If it is clearly necessary to repaper the house, we may just as well have the ceilings whitewashed at the same time. 1887G. R. Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 114 He wouldn't have the wall repapered. 1964L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xxxvi. 207, I scarcely recognized the office. It had been re-papered. 1974― Spy Story xiv. 134 You said repapering the sitting-room would be for my birthday. |