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单词 redivivus
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Definition of redivivus in English:

redivivus

adjective ˌrɛdɪˈviːvəsˌredəˈvīvəs
literary
  • postpositive Come back to life; reborn.

    one is tempted to think of Poussin as a sort of Titian redivivus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Were he a member of the board, would he have denounced the rabbi as Torquemada redivivus?
    • Walls, windows, letters, bodies, books, John Donne redivivus, one might say, had that epithet not been applied to his acquaintance, Rupert Brooke.
    • Jim died more than a year ago, before the Dean phenomenon erupted, but I have little doubt he would have recognized Dean as Al Smith redivivus.
    • I am tired of what I can only term ‘Newman redivivus.’

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, from re(d)- 'again' + vivus 'living'.

 
 

Definition of redivivus in US English:

redivivus

adjectiveˌredəˈvīvəs
literary
  • postpositive Come back to life; reborn.

    one is tempted to think of Poussin as a sort of Titian redivivus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Walls, windows, letters, bodies, books, John Donne redivivus, one might say, had that epithet not been applied to his acquaintance, Rupert Brooke.
    • Jim died more than a year ago, before the Dean phenomenon erupted, but I have little doubt he would have recognized Dean as Al Smith redivivus.
    • I am tired of what I can only term ‘Newman redivivus.’
    • Were he a member of the board, would he have denounced the rabbi as Torquemada redivivus?

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, from re(d)- ‘again’ + vivus ‘living’.

 
 
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