单词 | repopularize |
释义 | > as lemmasrepopularize repopularize v. Brit. /(ˌ)riːˈpɒpjᵿlərʌɪz/ , U.S. /riˈpɑpjələˌraɪz/ ΚΠ 1841 Eclectic Rev. Mar. 353 To modify, if not to remove, patronage..was thought one of the best things the church could do to repopularize itself. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 12/2 I do not intend to repopularise the stereoscope. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ii. 38 The following favourite accumulates on the principle of ‘The House that Jack built’. It was repopularized by the American folk-singer Burl Ives in 1953, but had been current in Britain for anyway forty years before his visit. 2007 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 16 Mar. d7 The 10-song collection is a throwback to '50s and '60s girl groups such as the Crystals, Shangri-Las, the Ronettes and the Supremes, a sound that was recently repopularized by the film ‘Dreamgirls’. < as lemmas |
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