| 释义 |
re-reˈfine, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
To refine again. Hence re-reˈfined ppl. a.; re-reˈfiner; re-reˈfining vbl. n.
1631Massinger Emperor East i. ii, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures. 1678Yng. Man's Call. 383 Gods mingled service I did re-refine From Romish rubbish, and from humane dross. 1882Romanes in Nature XXV. 335 We may try in thought to refine this relation, and to re-refine it again and again. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 10 Feb. 21/5 The re-refined oil sells for 26 cents a quart. 1973Sci. Amer. Feb. 48/3 Today only 100 to 150 million gallons of the 500 million gallons of oil annually drained from the nation's crankcases are re-refined. 1975Conservation of Energy (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 12 Shell companies are examining the most effective means of collecting and re-conditioning used lubricating oils, including re-refining. Ibid., It is possible that 10 per cent of the world demand for lubricants will be met by re-refined oils in the early 1980s. 1977Laconia (New Hampshire) Evening Citizen 21 July 5/5 Your car's dirty motor oil might soon be ‘rerefined’ through an environmentally safe process which will help conserve..crude oil. Ibid., A lot of rerefiners' raw material is being burned as fuel. 1977Lubricants Business (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 8 Re-refining is likely to be primarily attractive in a number of developing countries where savings in foreign exchange could be an important factor. |