单词	replenishment
释义	replenishre‧plen‧ish /rɪˈplenɪʃ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINreplenish Origin: 1600-1700 Old French replenir, from plein ‘full’ Verb Table VERB TABLE replenish Simple Form Present I, you, we, they replenish he, she, it replenishes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they replenished Present perfect I, you, we, they have replenished he, she, it has replenished Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had replenished Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will replenish Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have replenished Continuous Form Present I am replenishing he, she, it is replenishing you, we, they are replenishing Past I, he, she, it was replenishing you, we, they were replenishing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been replenishing he, she, it has been replenishing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been replenishing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be replenishing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been replenishing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES As more workers retire, new employees are needed to replenish the workforce. In an emergency, water can be pumped from the well to replenish the irrigation canals. Shortages of food and poor transportation mean that the stores are not able to replenish their shelves as often as they would like to. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All creatures need sleep to replenish their energies for the next awakening. But of course it wishes to replenish its coffers. Entire shoals are surrounded by nets and sucked in for processing and freezing, leaving nothing left to breed and replenish stocks. Even the earth, replenished by months of monsoon water, rumbled festively under the renewed activities of tadpoles and bougainvilleas. In these smaller waters, the miller could work by day and his mill-pond would be replenished at night. On the fifth day Koju drove off to replenish our water supply at a well several kilometers away. Thesaurus THESAURUS► fill to put enough of something into a container to make it full: · Jenny filled the kettle and put it on to boil.· Party balloons can be filled with helium. ► fill up to fill something completely – used especially about putting petrol in the tank of a car: · I need to fill up the car.· The waiter filled up everyone’s glasses.· If the oil tank is less than half full, tell them to fill it up. ► load/load up to fill a vehicle with goods, furniture etc: · Two men were loading a truck with boxes of melons. ► stuff/cram to quickly fill something such as a bag or pocket by pushing things into it tightly: · She hurriedly stuffed some things into an overnight bag and left. ► refill to fill a container again, after what was in it has been used: · I’m just going to refill this bottle from the tap. ► top up British English, top off American English to fill a glass or cup that still has some liquid in it: · Can I top up your glass of wine? ► replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food: · The lake is fed by springs that are eternally replenished by the rain. Longman Language Activatorto make something full again after part of what is in it has been used► refill to fill something again, after what was inside it has been used: · If you bring your empty bottles back to the store, we can refill them.· Can I refill anyone's glass?refill something with something: · The tank was emptied, cleaned, and refilled with fresh water. ► replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food: · In an emergency, water can be pumped from the well to replenish the irrigation canals.· Shortages of food and poor transportation mean that the stores are not able to replenish their shelves as often as they would like to. ► top up especially British to fill a glass, cup etc that is half full or nearly empty: top something up: · "More wine anyone?" "Yes, please, could you top mine up?"top something up with something: · Pour a little brandy over the sugar and top it up with champagne. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► supply · On the fifth day Koju drove off to replenish our water supply at a well several kilometers away.· The continuous bombardment of asteroid surfaces by small impactors generates a constantly replenished supply of crushed rock.· What about replenishing your supply of oxygen so you have it to give to your wife and your children? VERB► need · Find out how often your own body needs to replenish its energy stores.· By then, firms' high inventories will have been run down and will need replenishing, the argument goes. formal to put new supplies into something, or to fill something again:  More vaccines are needed to replenish our stocks.► see thesaurus at fill—replenishment noun [uncountable]
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