单词 | relift |
释义 | reliftv. transitive. To lift again. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > again relift1614 1614 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Bethulians Rescue vi, in Parl. Vertues Royal 192 Lifts-vp, layes-down, and vp again re-lifts His heauie Noule. 1844 Times 7 Dec. 5/1 They should make another and a desperate attempt to relift their fallen banner. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 134 The passion..Her death-rumour smartly relifted To full apogee. 1946 Herpetologica 3 67 Shortly after the stone had been relifted, the beetles once again scurried to safety. 1992 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 14 June The prosecution called a fingerprint expert to relift the fingerprints. Derivatives reˈlifting n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up > again relifting1825 1825 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 23 Apr. 162/2 The water lying in that part of the main..will thus meet the new current produced by the relifting of the box. 1904 H. Belloc Avril 105 The repose and the re-lifting of musical notes. 2003 A. F. El-Shiaty & B. S. Boxer Wachler in D. T. Azar et al. Lasik 303 Flap relifting is repeatable and has none of the added risks associated with recutting an already centrally flattened cornea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1614 |
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