单词 | rebuild |
释义 | rebuildn. An act of rebuilding; something which has been rebuilt. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > reparation boota1000 reparation?a1425 reformation1449 repair1524 rebuild1826 work1828 renovation1907 do-over1920 remodel1956 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > other types of engine > [noun] > engine which has been rebuilt rebuild1826 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > that which is built or constructed > [noun] > a thing rebuilt remodel1956 rebuild1960 reno1988 1826 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. IV. 263 A repair that would have cost nearly as much money, and have occupied nearly as much time, as a rebuild. 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 646 We enter the erecting shops,..one for ‘rebuilds’, renewals, and new engines. 1918 Automobile Storage Battery 217 This process will be good after fifteen months to two years of service after reassembling, and will, at the end of that time, really justify a rebuild. 1960 K. M. Kenyon Archaeol. in Holy Land iv. 106 The rebuild consisted of a capping which might have foundations on the same level as the original wall. 1988 Organbuilder May 19/1 The first Degens and Rippin organ I played was the rebuild at St. Mary at Hackney. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People vii. 153 Every other system in the airship had hit collywobbles as well, despite the exhaustive rebuild before they set out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rebuildv. 1. a. intransitive. To build something (esp. a structure, a town, etc.) again or differently. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 64 What cometh to the byfore That thou wyl rebuylde here? 1660 England's Black Tribunall (new ed.) 173 The Jewes..obtained favour amongst the Heathen Kings they dwelt amongst, and had liberty therewith to rebuild: rebuild they did. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus 20 Select Colloquies vi. 100 They had rather pull down that they may rebuild, than not to go on with Building. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 98 The rest all agree to come and help them to rebuild, and to assist them with needful Supplies. 1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. i, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) IV. 17 Now sigh for what I set at nought, Disorder'd in th'unconstant tide Of things..Knock down, rebuild, turn square to round. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 413 When the Company proceeded to rebuild, they no longer did so in the massive and imposing style of the fourteenth century. 1894 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 10/5 The present interests cannot raise the funds to rebuild and re-equip, as the other electric lines are doing. 1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth v. 162 Norwich, which still had many void spaces.., is told to get cracking: if owners do not rebuild..the corporation shall do so. 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. i. 28 We are not bound to the land like the English peasants, and when they withdraw, our people rebuild. 2003 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Sept. c1/1 The theory is that the rapid race to rebuild will act like a turbo charge for the economy. b. transitive. To build (something) again or differently. In extended use: to reconstruct; to recreate; to reshape or reorganize. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct > again or anew re-edifya1425 repairc1425 new-build1480 rebuilda1525 re-erect1579 re-edificea1601 recompack1602 recompose1611 recast1625 repiece1642 reconstitute1759 restructure1932 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 321/9 Thai mycht retour to Jowry & Jerusalem & rebeld thair cites and templis. 1537 H. Yeo Let. 17 Feb. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/14) f. 64 My lord dawbeney hath rebylled his were of Beauford agayn. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. 115 In whose..name Great London still shall liue (by him rebuilded). 1655 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans (ed. 2) ii. 4 Hee alone..can Bring bone to bone And rebuild man. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 1 The Ships were all in prime Order, all lately rebuilt. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 125 We have rebuilt Newgate, and tenanted the mansion. View more context for this quotation 1840 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1875) I. 423 When society requires to be rebuilt, there is no use attempting to rebuild it on the old plan. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. xii. 458 Farmhouses and palaces had alike been re~built. 1927 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 356/1 They rebuilt his face, but..they could never get the nose exactly straight. 1943 Times 28 Oct. 3/4 He outlined the principles on which the Italian armed forces are to be rebuilt. 1991 S. Constantine Hermetech (BNC) 333 I had to come back here to return to the basic me-ness. I rebuilt myself from there. 2007 Volkswagen Driver Mar. 25/1 The decision was made to rebuild the engine completely and replace the cylinder head. 2. intransitive with passive meaning. Of a structure, city, etc.: to be rebuilt. Cf. build v. 5. Now rare. ΚΠ 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling Pref. sig. a7v When the Temple was rebuilding, the joy of that restauration could not suppresse the grief of those who remembred the so much more Glorious Fabrick of the first. 1668 Londons-Nonsuch (title page) That most stately and magnificent structure now re-building. 1745 Observ. conc. Navy 33 She is re-building. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 30 The Bridge at that Time rebuilding at Orleans. 1868 C. Dickens Let. 30 Mar. (2002) XII. 86 The people lived in tents while their city was rebuilding. 1996 C. A. Schwantes Pacific Northwest (rev. ed.) xi. 239 In the spring of 1890 when the city was rebuilding after the previous summer's fire. Derivatives reˈbuilded adj. now rare. ΚΠ 1680 Protestants Vade Mecum ix. 36 From the top of our rebuilded Wall. We shall behold your splendid Funeral. 1858 T. H. Gill Anniversaries 93 Who refused to fall before Antichrist's rebuilded throne? 1871 Biblical Repertory July 408 The rejection of Messiah by the blinded mass shall cause the rebuilded city to be again fearfully and utterly destroyed. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iii. 48 Sodom, rebuilded, scorns the wilting power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826v.1490 |
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