单词 | rebuilder |
释义 | rebuildern. A person who rebuilds or reconstructs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > one who reforger1548 re-edifiera1552 rebuilder1636 reproducer1774 reconstructor1841 remaker1841 1636 H. Burton For God & King 159 Now these are become impregnable bulworkers to patronize our Re-builders of Babell. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 295 The Founder or rebuilder of this Church. 1761 London & Environs Described I. 275 St. Bennet Fink, was dedicated to St. Benedict..and received the additional name of Fink from its rebuilder Robert Fink. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vii. 89/1 An English Radical; who..it is to be hoped, will become an English Rebuilder. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 116 He saw himself, in imagination, the rebuilder of the Catholic faith. 1953 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 20 283 A rebuilder or reconditioner of goods has substantially the same duty as a manufacturer. 1984 D. S. Ryan Taboo 73 Perhaps we can rebuild a lot of what has been lost, but can we be anything else but rebuilders? 2001 Automatic Machining Apr. 94 (advt.) We have the experience, equipment, warranty and complete capability that other ‘rebuilders’ just don't have. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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