释义 |
re-ˈsilver, v.|riː-| [re- 5 a.] trans. To silver again; to replate with silver or quicksilver.
1839in G. S. Haight Geo. Eliot & J. Chapman (1969) 259 Sextants, Quadrants, &c., re-silvered and repaired. 1856Orr's Circ. Sci., Pract. Chem. 92 Re-silvering old articles. 1873Young Englishwoman Jan. 52/1 Whether looking-glasses can be re-silvered... A very good furniture dealer will re-silver this for you. 1875Bedford Sailor's Pkt.-bk. v. (ed. 2) 152 Directions for re-silvering sextant glasses when injured by damp or wet. 1973W. H. Hallahan Ross Forgery iii. 40 The mirror must have been resilvered not too many years ago. |