英语词汇“repair”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	repair
释义	re·pair I. \rə̇ˈpa(a)](ə)r, rēˈp-, -pe], ]ə\ intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English repairen, from Middle French repairer, repairier to return, go back to one's own country, dwell, from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare to go back to one's own country, from Latin re- + Late Latin -patriare (from Latin patria native country) — more at expatriate 1. a. : to betake oneself : go < summoned me to repair immediately to the lobby — Horace Sutton > b. : to go habitually : resort < sacred trees to which they repair at various times, but especially before harvest — J.G.Frazer > c. : to go to a specified place for a specified purpose < repair to the second-floor cafe to drink tea and coffee — C.S.Coon > < repairing to their villages in the rainy season to plant their plots — R.H.Lowie > d. : to go for the purpose of assembling : rally < raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair — George Washington > < a standard of ethical professional conduct to which all architects of good will might repair — G.B.Cummings > 2. obsolete : return < all to Athens back again repair — Shakespeare > II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English repair, repaire, from Middle French repaire return, dwelling, from Old French, from repairier, v. 1. : the act or fact of repairing to a place : resort < as the day gets warm, repair is had to the shade of a tree — James Stevenson-Hamilton > 2. chiefly Scotland : a concourse especially of people : flocking 3. : a place of resort : haunt < his house became a repair for rising politicians > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English repairen, reparen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparare, from re- + parare to prepare — more at pare *transitive verb* 1. a. : to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken : fix, mend < so neatly repaired that he could see no trace of the once familiar rents — T.B.Costain > < repair a house > < repair a shoe > b. : to restore to a sound or healthy state : renew, revivify < repair his strength > < resume his law practice in order to repair his private fortune — E.M.Coulter > < repair the tissues of the body > 2. : to make good : remedy < the material and moral damage took long to repair — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes > < repair the lack of early education — E.H.Collis > < will repair his ignominious failure — Bernard DeVoto > 3. : to make up for : compensate for < repair an insult > < repair an injustice > *intransitive verb* : to make repairs Synonyms: see mend IV. noun (-s) 1. a. : the act or process of repairing : restoration to a state of soundness, efficiency, or health < the boat was beyond repair > < a thorough repair of the crazy fabric of human nature — T.L.Peacock > b. : an instance or result of repairing < the coat needed only a simple repair > < made a few repairs to the stairs where some boards had come loose > < the repair to the rug was evident to the eye > c. : the replacement of destroyed cells or tissues by new formations 2. a. : relative condition with respect to soundness or need of repairing < the car is in reasonably good repair > < the building is in poor repair > b. : the state of being in good or sound condition < the house is in repair > < the house is out of repair > < his judgment was in constant repair — F.A.Swinnerton > 3. repairs plural : the portion of maintenance charges expended to keep fixed assets in adequate and efficient operating condition and recorded on the books as expense — contrasted with renewal and replacement
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