单词 | resmooth |
释义 | resmoothv. transitive. To smooth again. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > again resmooth1824 1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. II. 580/1 The common gardener's roller, with which land is re-smoothed after having been dug up for sowing. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iii. 42 The treasury of Mrs. Lobkins re-smoothed, as it were, the irritated bristles of his mind. 1894 S. M. H. Gardner Quaker Idyls (1970) 182 With dripping hands she smoothed and resmoothed her curls. 1924 Geogr. Rev. 14 220/2 The face has been resmoothed after recutting. 1998 New Eng. Rev. 19 160 Mrs. Cashman re-smoothed the napkin in her lap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1824 |
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