| 释义 |
reˈsurface, v.
[re- 5 a, c.]
1. trans. To provide (a road, etc.) with a fresh surface.
1886[implied in resurfacing vbl. n. below]. 1894Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 8/3 (Advt.), Old blocks bought up, sold, or resurfaced. 1901U.S. Dept. Agric. Yearbk. 1900 352 When the road was resurfaced with limestone..it became excellent. 1929Daily Express 11 Jan. 2/2 If these minor roads were..strengthened and resurfaced in accordance with modern road practice [etc.]. 1960Times 4 July (Advt. Suppl.) 1/3 Safety razors had not resurfaced the New Man. 1973‘C. Aird’ His Burial Too iii. 31 The Divisional Surveyor decided to resurface the road.
2. intr. To come to the surface again. Also fig.
1953P. C. Berg Dict. New Words in Eng. 137/1 Re⁓surface..v.i., of a submarine: to come to the surface. 1962Times 3 Apr. 14/6, I would re-surface before the water⁓splash fell back into the tank. 1968J. Sangster Foreign Exchange ii. 57 It was midday when I resurfaced, too late for breakfast. 1971Flying Apr. 73/2, I would resurface to find the airplane starting to turn back. 1973L. Snelling Heresy ii. i. 62 We lose sight of him... Killed by the Gestapo? In an air-raid? In any event he never resurfaced. 1978J. McDowell in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 151 If it were to be so incorporated, all the difficulties of the relation between behaviour and action categories would presumably resurface.
So reˈsurfacing vbl. n.
1886Cyclist 4 Aug. 1076/1 The re-surfacing of the Crystal Palace path. 1967Antiquaries Jrnl. XLVII. 271 This structure had been..covered with a plaster surface, perhaps later than the surface of the atrium described above, but present over a sufficiently large area to indicate a general resurfacing. 1978Lancashire Life Mar. 54/3 George's Lane and Belmont Road were selected for resurfacing. |