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单词 redo
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redon.

Brit. /ˈriːˌduː/, U.S. /ˈriˌdu/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: redo v.
Etymology: < redo v.
The action or an act of redoing something.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [noun] > instance of
reviea1592
reprise1607
tautology1639
repeat1855
retake1882
ditto1887
redo1949
riff1952
1949 Jrnl. Marketing 13 523/1 Even if they are checked and caught before tabulation, the re-do is costly in time and money.
a1953 D. Thomas Quite Early One Morning (1954) 79 The decorators were in at the mortuary, giving the old home a bit of re-do like.
1977 Surgery 81 41 (heading) Redo’ surgery after operations for aneurysm and occlusion of the abdominal aorta.
2004 Vogue Living (Austral.) May–June 110/1 It was a major re-do. I demolished a few of the walls, replastered others..and ended up with logical spaces that I could use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

redov.

Brit. /ˌriːˈduː/, U.S. /riˈdu/
Inflections: Past tense redid; past participle redone;
Forms: see re- prefix and do v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, do v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + do v. Compare Middle French, French refaire (see refet adj.).
1.
a. transitive. To do (something) for a second or further time; esp. to carry out again, repeat.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat (an action) [verb (transitive)]
renovela1325
reiterate?a1425
replicate?a1425
repeat?1440
iter1530
iterate?1548
redouble1580
redo1598
second1610
answer1613
renewa1616
ingeminate1625
reiter1634
double1645
reperform1651
rename1665
rehandle1697
retracta1699
rehearse1700
re-enact1819
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. iii. iv. f. 15/2 Redoinge the same soe often [Fr. repetant tant de fois], & in divers places, as the greatnes of the wounde shall reqvire.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 262 Prodigality and luxurie are no new crimes, and..we do but re-do old vices.
1680 J. Aubrey in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) III. 555 'Tis pitty it is not re-donne.
1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 131 This we must do, and redo, and as nearly as we can overdo.
1950 Yale French Stud. No. 6. 57 They [sc. French writers] might have been tempted to..redo Chateaubriand's Greek sunsets and moonlight landscapes.
2001 Future Music June 127/3 Now you can copy and paste audio sections in an instant..there's no waiting to re-cue tapes every time you need to redo a take.
b. transitive. To do up for a second or further time; to repair, renovate. rare.
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1845 Economy 48 We set about mending that cobweb kind of thing called human happiness;—it is to be patched, tinkered, and re-done up.
1967 Times 18 Feb. 1/6 (advt.) Many Trust House Hotels have been modernised, re-modelled and re-done-up all over Britain!
c. transitive. To repair, restore, make good; spec. to redecorate or refurbish (a room or building).
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > redecorate
redecorate1611
redo1864
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. ii. 8 ‘It's the ugliest room I ever saw in my life,’ her father once said to her... I'll go halves with you in the expense of redoing it.
1892 Daily News 2 Aug. 6/1 The boots must either be redone, or he would not pay.
1895 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 36/2 My father redid the interior of the East room.
1940 B. Ingster & ‘N. West’ Before Fact in ‘N. West’ Novels & Other Writings (1997) 663 I asked Father for an advance on my allowance to re-do the flat, and he was quite glad to give it to me.
1945 N. Coward Diary 28 June (2000) 34 I descended on the theatre like the Assyrian, redid ‘Hat’ and ‘Willy’ and ‘Bunch of Boys’, cut the dance away from ‘Matelot’ and generally zipped things up.
1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality vii. 109 When they redid the house, they'd opened up the windows.
2005 A. Smith Accidental 71 She combed her hair and redid her make-up in a hand-mirror.
2. transitive. To do something back or in return to (a person). Obsolete. rare.
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1650 N. Lockyer Olive-leafe 73 What evil men doe to good shall be re-done to them, done back again upon them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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