单词 | resupply |
释义 | resupplyn. The action or an act of resupplying something; that which is resupplied; a fresh supply. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply > a fresh or additional supply re-enforcement1577 resupply1579 replenishment1607 reinforcement1625 recruital1648 recruit1650 replenish1654 recruitment1799 refill1883 reload1928 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin x. 576 If for his resupplie he should encrease the auncient band of eyght hundred launces, [etc.] 1606 R. Bowyer Diary 12 Mar. in Parl. Diary (1931) 78 A supply may easily be spent so may a resupply, and so the Fortunes of the crowne may runne a circle and whatsoever we give, wee cannot give that [which] may suffice. 1843 Penny Mag. Monthly Suppl. Nov. 461/2 The cloth..is removed five or six times to have a re-supply of soap. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. vi. 98 The growth of organic beings consists in removal as well as in resupply. 1880 Bible Soc. Rec. (1883) May 67 A faithful and thorough resupply of the United States..with the Scriptures. 1950 in Amer. Speech (1956) 31 62 A resupply mission was flown in the afternoon—with a drop of parapaks and other supplies simulated. 1992 V. Vince Fire upon Deep Prol. 12 It had been six months since resupply. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). resupplyv. transitive. To supply again; to provide with a fresh supply. Also intransitive: to take on or acquire a fresh supply. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > afresh resupply1579 the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > specific oneself > renew supplies resupply1579 refresh1625 refit1652 restock1735 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 476 For that the Almains had not then sufficient souldiours to leaue within Leguaguo, Chaumont resupplied their garrison with [Fr. laissa en garnison; It. lasciò..a guardia] an hundred launces and a thowsand footemen. 1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David civ Againe created by thy quick'ning breath, To resupply the Massacres of Death. 1775 J. Zubly Law of Liberty p. xvii The Americans will fight like men, who have every thing at stake; the mercenaries with bayonets at their backs, and at the rate of six-pence a day; if they are once defeated, whence will they be resupplied? 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xv. 324 Fast they fell, And fast were resupplied, man after man Succeeding to the death. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlvi. 357 I resupplied their nutriment from the crystal vessel. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne II. ix. 80 What had been expended in the taking of Gibraltar not having been re-supplied. 1930 Sci. Monthly Sept. 221/2 For material particles to be emitted from the head at a rate to resupply a tail a hundred million miles long..demands almost unthinkable velocities. 1977 ‘J. McVean’ Bloodspoor xviii. 218 They were down to the last few pints but..they'd be able to resupply from one of the tributary streams. 1998 Nation (N.Y.) 16 Mar. 8/2 To complete the circle of clientelism, Strobe Talbott's main man, Boris Yeltsin, appears to have been resupplying Saddam on the side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579v.1579 |
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