| 释义 |
reaˈddress, v.
[re- 5 a.]
1. refl. To address (oneself) anew.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. v. §16. 471 King Stephen re-addressed himselfe for the North, to prosecute that which Thurstan had begunne. 1657Boyle Martyrd. Theodora vii. (1703) 102 Didymus..readdressed himself to her.
2. trans. To put a new address on (a letter, etc.). Hence reaˈddressing vbl. n.
1884Daily News 23 Oct. 2/1 The female staff to which the re-addressing is entrusted. 1889Ibid. 3 Oct. 5/2 Why a letter from abroad should be readdressed in England without extra charge. |