单词 | rebuoy |
释义 | rebuoyv. 1. transitive. To buoy up again. ΚΠ 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xxii. 14 Some, with hope replenish'd and rebuoy'd, Return to whence they came. 1903 B. Carman Poems I. 243 Thou art..The lyric revelation To rally and rebuoy The darker earth's half sinking Temerity of joy. 1996 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 30 Nov. 34 [He] has suffered the deflation of momentary unemployment, and then been rebuoyed by the inflation of a strident nationwide viewer outcry in his favour. 2. transitive. To provide (a stretch of water) with a new set or arrangement of buoys. ΚΠ 1823 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. III. 72 Lord Nelson..proceeded in his boat to ascertain and rebuoy the outer channel. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 94 The entrance to Frazer River has been re-buoyed. 1961 Times 7 Nov. 11/3 The survey ship Vidal is being diverted to survey and rebuoy the shipping channels of the colony. 1988 F. A. Baptiste War, Cooperation, & Confl. ii. 27 An offer by the United States Navy to rechart and to rebuoy the waters around the Bahamas. 2003 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 19 Apr. 40 The TRC has rebuoyed the course, no mean feat considering there are shiny new markers every 10 metres over 2000 metres across eight lanes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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