| 单词 | to recharge one's batteries |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto recharge one's (also the) batteries a. transitive. To restore strength to (one's body, mind, energy, enthusiasm, etc.); also reflexive. to recharge one's (also the) batteries: to restore one's physical and mental strength after a period of exertion, esp. by means of rest or a change of circumstances. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > become refreshed or invigorated [verb (intransitive)] to take (one's, a) breatha1398 to pull, shake oneself togethera1400 wheta1400 recomfortc1425 revigour1447 breathe1485 respirea1500 convailc1500 unweary1530 air1633 recruit1644 refresh1644 reanimate1645 invigorate1646 rally1646 to perk upa1656 renovate1660 reawake1663 freshen1694 renervate1801 recuperate1843 to recharge one's (also the) batteries1911 1911 H. Begbie Souls in Action 146 With a body braced by healthful toil, a mind recharged. 1921 W. S. Churchill Let. 9 Feb. in M. Soames Clementine Churchill (1979) xiii. 194 Subordinate everything in yr life to regathering yr nervous energy, and recharging yr batteries. 1939 P. D. Bookstaber Judaism & Amer. Mind in Theory & Pract. 56 The Synagogue..became a ‘power-house’ wherein and through which, the Jew could recharge his mind and body and spirit . 1958 M. T. Fisher & J. Fisher Shackleton & Antarctic 22 Ideas of immensity and effort, the type of ideas with which he was apt to recharge his energy. 1971 A. Price Alamut Ambush x. 127 His London existence had been frenetic, and Firle was where he recharged his batteries. 1988 E. Young-Bruehl Anna Freud iv. 172 Jones..had brought on Melanie Klein to recharge the Londoners' enthusiasm. 2007 Time Out N.Y. 8 Mar. 54/3 Recharge yourself with a crisp dill pickle and a bissel cream soda. < as lemmas |
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