| 释义 |
▪ I. reopen
obs. form of reap v.
▪ II. reˈopen, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans.
a. To open again (something that has been closed).
1733Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. i. 8 The weak sorts of Roots can penetrate no farther into it, unless re-open'd by new Tillage. 1814Scott Wav. xvii, The eyes of our hero..gradually closed; nor did he re-open them till the morning sun was high on the lake without. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xx. (1818) II. 202 In the spring, when it [a window] was re-opened, the bees returned. 1855Browning Bp. Blougram 572 He [Luther] comes..Re-opens a shut book. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 16 When the Churches were reopened in Paris after the first revolution.
b. To open up again, to renew.
1848R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation iv. (1852) 88 In Him intercourse with God was perfectly reopened. 1858J. Martineau Stud. Chr. 140 His..absence reopened their opportunities.
c. To resume the discussion of (something settled or decided).
1851Hussey Papal Power ii. 77 Urging him..not to allow questions to be reopened, which had been already fully determined. 1852Dickens Bleak Ho. xxxiv, After I have finished speaking I have closed the subject, and I won't re-open it.
d. To recommence (firing).
1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 41/2 Having loaded, I re-opened my fire. 1881in Lady Bellairs Transvaal War (1885) 136 The rebels then deliberately re⁓opened fire on the officers carrying the flags.
2. intr. and absol. To open again.
1830Lytton P. Clifford xxiii, His warm heart at once reopened to the liking he had formerly conceived for Clifford. 1885in Lady Bellairs Transvaal War 125 Such of the..stores as still held any goods would occasionally reopen.
Hence reˈopened ppl. a.; reˈopening vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 299 A large Quantity of Pus..proceeded from the Re-opening of the Wound. 1818Autumn near Rhine 162 The scene was well calculated to strike re-opening eyes. 1842Pusey Crisis Eng. Ch. 96 This re-opened intercourse with the East is..a crisis in the history of our Church.
Add: reopening ppl. a.: spec. as reopening clause Industr. Rel. (orig. U.S.) = *reopener n.
1945Guide to Labor Contracts (Soc. of Plastics Industry) 28 The..reopening clause partially commits the company to a forty-eight..hour week. 1979Daily Tel. 26 May 2/5 An important feature of the deal is a ‘re-opening’ clause, which enables the union to go back to the Post Office and ask for more if other postal unions settle higher claims. 1988Monthly Labor Rev. Jan. 10/2 In State and local government..contracts often have reopening clauses. |