| 单词 | refreshing |
| 释义 | refreshing (once / 826 pages) adj Something is refreshing if it reinvigorates you, or seems new and exciting. The offer of a refreshing glass of iced tea would be especially refreshing if it came from your normally cranky sister. Mint toothpaste is refreshing — clean and brisk — and a cool ocean breeze is refreshing on a hot day. If you're used to seeing wilted salads and pale lasagna in your school cafeteria every day, a refreshing change would be a taco bar or homemade pizza. Refreshing comes from the verb refresh, which has a Germanic root similar to frisc, "fresh" in Old High German. WORD FAMILYrefreshing: refreshingly+/refresh: refreshed, refresher, refreshes, refreshful, refreshing, refreshment/refreshed: unrefreshed/refresher: refreshers/refreshful: refreshfully/refreshment: refreshments USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it’s the refreshing lack of jargon, either medical or spiritual. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) This pita pocket is so refreshing because it’s not masquerading as some kind of meat substitute. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) All-American linebacker Reuben Foster noted how Saban’s brutal honesty, such as telling recruits they might not get the chance to play, was refreshing. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj imparting vitality and energy Syn bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, tonic invigorating imparting strength and vitality 2adj pleasantly new or different common sense of a most refreshing sort Syn novel new not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered |
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