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单词 rejuvenate
释义 re·ju·ve·nate
\rə̇ˈjüvəˌnāt, rēˈj-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: re- + Latin juvenis young person + English -ate
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to make young or youthful again : restore to youth : impart renewed vitality to : reinvigorate
  < the fruit … rejuvenates even the most decrepit old men — Robert Graves >
  < rejuvenate and reorganize … economic and social life — A.R.Williams >
 b. : to restore to a condition resembling an original or new state
  < fenders … that can be rejuvenated and kept — Buick Magazine >
  < rejuvenate four tired chairs — McCall's Needlework >
2. : to restore to a more youthful condition; specifically : to restore sexual vigor in (as by hormones or an operation)
3.
 a. : to stimulate (as by uplift) to renewed erosive activity — used of streams
 b. : to develop youthful features of topography in (an area previously worn down nearly to base level)
  < recently rejuvenated glaciated mountains — R.L.Ives >
intransitive verb
1. : to cause or bring about rejuvenation
 < creams that rejuvenate as you sleep — Lois Long >
 < nothing rejuvenates like being on the offensive — Mollie Panter-Downes >
2. : to undergo rejuvenation
 < her novices continued to rejuvenate till their mental outlook was almost that of eight-year-olds — Times Literary Supplement >
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