单词 | do-over |
释义 | do-overn. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. In the food processing industry: a defectively sealed tin (esp. of salmon), often reprocessed and sold at a discount. Now disused. ΚΠ 1890 19th Ann. Rep. Board Agric. in State of New Hampsh. Ann. Rep. 1890 (1891) 2 109 When a sufficient number of these [cans] are obtained to fill a pan they are again ‘bathed’, cooled, and put by themselves. They go upon the market as ‘seconds’ or ‘do-overs’. 1914 J. A. Lee How to buy & sell Canned Foods xv. 53 Be careful to avoid the canned salmon sharks who deal in do-overs or off grades of salmon. 1938 Vet. Bull. (U.S. Army Med. Dept.) July 195 Defects found may be..badly dented cans, ‘do-overs’, incorrect or improper labeling, etc. 2. An instance or chance of doing something for a second or further time, after an unsuccessful or unsatisfactory first attempt. ΚΠ 1912 Dental Brief 17 814 The greatest reason for failure of so many inlays..is due to the faulty preparation of cavities... If we expect cement to cover our sins of omission..we will be swamped, so to speak, with ‘do overs’. 1951 Florence (S. Carolina) Morning News 5 Nov. 2/3 A large laundry reduced claims and ‘do-overs’ by 50 per cent. 1974 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 18 Sept. c1/6 There are no do-overs in baseball. 1992 B. Puett & J. Apfelbaum Golf Etiquette 65 A Mulligan is..a freebie... It's a do-over, pretending the first flub never happened. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 Aug. a17/1 The Board of Parole turned her down when she first became eligible in 2001. Then a judge ordered a do-over. 3. An act of refurbishing or improving the appearance of something; a renovation or makeover. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > reparation boota1000 reparation?a1425 reformation1449 repair1524 rebuild1826 work1828 renovation1907 do-over1920 remodel1956 1920 Muskogee (Okla.) Times-Democrat 20 July 5/2 All I get are the do-overs. Mostly it's putting in gussets. 1941 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 6 Nov. 12/7 Many of the pieces are in excellent condition for slip covering or do-overs. 1948 New Yorker 31 July 26/1 The transformation, or do-over, a popular treatment calculated to turn even the dowdiest and most listless woman into a passably convincing replica of a hostess on a T.W.A. Constellation. 2001 Old House Interiors Jan. 68 Like kitchen do-overs, bathroom remodeling is almost a given when a house changes hands. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890 |
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