单词 | refurbishment |
释义 | refurbishmentn. The action or process of refurbishing something, esp. a building, room, etc.; renovation. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment repolishing1592 interpolation1623 furbishinga1640 furbish1839 refurbishing1844 revamping1849 furbishment1850 revamp1852 refurbishment1881 refurb1976 1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Sept. 10/1 The City article of the Standard contains this morning a circumstantial account of a plan for the refurbishment of the Mexican debt. 1885 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 732 The figures which are in process of refurbishment at Madame Tussaud's. 1935 K. Burke Permanence & Change i. v. 92 The alchemists, whose morbid experiments formed the link between the vestiges of the magical rationalization and its refurbishment as science. 1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 2/2 It..is just one of a large number of successful transformations done by Whitbys whose business is the refurbishment of commercial properties. 2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 23 The Market Walk shop is undergoing a major refurbishment which will see the whole store updated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881 |
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