单词 | repairing |
释义 | repairingn.1 1. The action or process of repair v.2; esp. the restoration of something to good or proper condition. Also: the result or an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] dighting1340 repairinga1387 mending1402 reparellingc1410 reparation?a1425 beeting1517 reparationing1536 remending1537 righting1615–16 fixing up1769 servicing1918 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 129 (MED) At þe repayrynge [v.r.reparailynge; L. reparandam] of Seynt Petres chirche, he wente to wiþ a mattok and opened first þe erþe. 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 87 (MED) The said yeate sholde noght be sette opyn but atte the Maier ys will..And yf eny nede be to repaire, to stande opyn duryng the tyme of repeiryng. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 74v þere schal be amaner repeirynge in the þe stide of the boon þat was kutt or broken or lost. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxiv. 13 Ye repairinge in ye worke went forwarde thorow their hande. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F4v A paire of shooes..would haue serued a man almost a whole yeere togither, with a little repairing. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 565 In all his new buildings or repairings, hee caused the pictures of a Lambe and an Eagle to be thereupon drawne or depicted. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 28 Their Ransackings, Groundings, Dockings, and Repairings. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 43 This Repairing of it was not perfected by Heliogabalus. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 58 The repairing of their fleet took them up a considerable time. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 236 The repairing of bones when divided or affected with necrosis. 1860 M. C. Harris Rutledge xxxii. 408 All the power of his strong will must go to the repairing of the error. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 721 The Commissioners are empowered to order the repairing of ships. 1901 G. W. James Indian Basketry ix. 121 Pinion gum, mineral asphaltum, pitch or other glutinous substances, being at hand, were readily suggested for the repairing of any leakage. 1940 College Eng. 1 671 Possibly many repairings and refurbishings are needed to bring the building up to date. 1998 R. A. Ricker Smart Guide Vitamins & Healing Suppl. iv. 75 All of us will age in a generally similar way—a slow-down of energy,..thickening of the abdominal area, slower repairing of wounds, lines, wrinkles, and age spots. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 259/2 Repairing is to take away the Superfluities of Sodering by Filing, &c. Compounds C1. General attributive, as repairing machine, repairing shop, repairing yard, etc. ΚΠ 1614 in D. Robertson S. Leith Rec. (1911) 11 The neighbours choisen for advysing upoune the repairing of thw kirk requested the Sessione to provyd..the haill accounts of the repairing silver q[uhi]lk as yet rests unbestowed. 1797 Monthly Mag. Mar. 183/2 Behold us now seated here, in a capital mansion, almost new, and apparently excepted from the repairing act for many years. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. x. §2255 The workshops and repairing-yards. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 199 France has no such collection of engine and repairing shops as are to be seen on the Thames. 1894 Times 30 July 10/4 The old Victory flagship at Portsmouth has been..towed into the repairing basin, where she will be remasted. 1941 Cosmic Stories Mar. 26/2 By now the devastated area in either direction was aswarm with salvage and repairing machines, scurrying antlike over shattered buildings. 2007 Publican 23 Apr. 32/1 Long leases..normally put all the repairing obligations to the tenant. C2. repairing lease n. a property lease by which the tenant is required to keep the property in good repair. ΚΠ 1756 Act to enable T. H. Broadhead to make Leases of Estates 5 It shall and may be lawful to and for the said Theodore Henry Broadhead..to article, contract, or agree..for the making or granting any such building or repairing Leases. 1805 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1947) VIII. 349 This House to be let on a Repairing lease. 1935 E. Farjeon Nursery in Nineties 522 The house..was on a repairing lease, and some hundreds of pounds were demanded if we left at once. 1997 Independent 8 July 3/3 Mr Fayed bought the Bois de Boulogne residence of the Windsors from the City of Paris in 1986 on a 50-year repairing lease. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). repairingn.2 Now rare. 1. The action of repair v.1 ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] gaincome?c1225 retourc1330 gaincominga1340 again-cominga1382 returna1393 again-racea1400 returning?c1400 resortc1425 turningc1440 revertence?1457 repairingc1460 again-goinga1475 regress1478 revenuea1500 reversiona1500 back-coming1535 retire?1538 back-return1577 redition1595 regredience1648 reverter1663 epistrophe1814 society > travel > [noun] > resorting or repairing to a place repair?a1400 resortc1425 resorting?a1439 repairing1632 gang1645 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 2814 They had no maner ioy..ffor of his repeyryng they had no sikirnes. 1528 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) IV. 123 We sall nocht neid dout the reparing of the Duk of Albanye in this realme. 1588 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 162 For hanting and repairing with the gude nychtbouris. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 492 In my repayring diuerse times to the Roade..with my Squadron. 1675 L. Addison Present State Jews xi. 91 Their times of repairing to the Synagogue, or hours of Prayer, are next to be considered. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3880/1 The exact time of their Repairing respectively on Board. 1799 Cambrian Reg. 1796 2 389/2 The sixth [abetment to murder] is the repairing to the place where the person is, who shall be killed. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop (1998) 363 He reviewed the circumstances which had led to his repairing to that spot. 1863 United Presbyterian Mag. Jan. 8 It is a relic of idolatry in the Church of England, as is the repairing to the altar at the communion. 1907 E. S. Dudley Mil. Law & Procedure of Courts-martial xxxi. 361 The proper medical officer..will determine beforehand whether the necessity of the case prevents the repairing to the place of duty. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] to-draughta1400 repair1423 repairing1487 resorting place1525 common house1537 resort1565 place (also house) of repairc1595 purlieu1611 howff1711 crib1819 joint1821 hang-out1852 costa1964 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 495 Heir I saw the men..mak luging, Heir trow I be thair reparyng. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). repairingadj. That renews, restores, or reinvigorates; restorative; reparative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] repairinga1616 redintegral1651 restoring1818 reductive1823 redintegrative1845 reintegrative1923 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. v. 27 'Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, Being opposites of such repayring Nature. View more context for this quotation 1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 505 There is a comforting, relieving, and repairing tongue, as well as a destroying and a devouring tongue. 1698 C. Davenant Disc. Publick Revenues in Wks. (1771) I. i. i. 143 The forces of his enemy were not of a repairing nature. 1788 L. H. Le Moine tr. Eustathius Ismene & Ismenias 85 All besides in nature seemed to enjoy the repairing balm of sleep. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xlix. 315 Every figure greatly needs the artist's repairing hand, and sadly needs a dusting. 1999 Early Amer. Lit. 9 30 Fiske recalls that Rogers received spiritual nourishment, ‘food’, from the tree and the repairing influence, the ‘Cure’, of sanctification. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1387n.2c1460adj.a1616 |
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