单词 | remend |
释义 | remendv. transitive. To mend (something), esp. (in later use) for a second or subsequent time. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > put right (a wrong or loss) winc1220 righta1275 astorec1300 addressa1325 reform1405 dressc1410 redressa1413 arightc1420 refound1497 richa1500 redub1531 repair1533 to make good1569 reducec1592 remend1592 to set up1610 to get up1688 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 73 What harme they should His countrie do, that he remend it would. 1611 D. Murray Tragicall Death Sophonisba sig. B2 This sad message to command, Which being past he rewes it out of hand. But can not now remend it which is worse. 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 171 Buggies, curricles, chaise-carts, gigs, and tandems, when altered, amended, re-mended, and patched, are things, and nothing else. 1869 Galaxy May 672 He told Clara he thought the man must have been ill put together, and that he had come to the Signor to be re-mended. 1915 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 45 101 It does not appear in the photograph which was taken after the skull had been broken and remended in the Museum of the R.C.S. 1981 B. G. Smith Ladies of Leisure Class ii. iv. 72 They made savings by mending and remending stockings and linens. 2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 7 Aug. 6 One bed had a torn and mended sheet, which needed to be re-mended. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1592 |
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