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单词 replumb
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replumbv.

Brit. /ˌriːˈplʌm/, U.S. /riˈpləm/
Forms: 1600s replumbe, 1800s– replumb.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin replumbāre ; re- prefix, plumb v.
Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < classical Latin replumbāre to remove the leading from, unsolder < re- re- prefix + plumbāre plumb v., and partly (in sense 2) < re- prefix + plumb v.
1. transitive. To unsolder. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. at To Vnsoulder Replumbe.
2. transitive. To refit or replace the plumbing in (a building, room, etc.). Also intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [verb (transitive)] > replace plumbing
replumb1973
1871 [see replumbing n. at Derivatives].
1881 Ann. Rep. Commissioners of Prisons of Mass. 36 Cash paid bills..being principally for labor and materials in replumbing the prison.
1883 Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Exper. Station 6 The plumbing was found to be in such shocking condition that it seemed wiser to re-plumb than to attempt an almost interminable series of repairs.
1925 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 25 Oct. (Hotel section) 1/7 The entire Hotel Lincoln has been remodeled, replumbed, redecorated, and refurnished at a cost of half a million dollars.
1973 Irish Times 2 Mar. 26/1 (advt.) Re-roofed, re-wired and re-plumbed in recent years.
1977 ‘M. Yorke’ Cost of Silence i. 9 The house..was..up for sale... People saw over it and were dashed by the need to replumb and repair.
2000 PS Nov. 12/2 If you're not a plumber you wouldn't replumb your bathroom, would you?

Derivatives

reˈplumbing n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > replacing plumbing
replumbing1871
1871 Ann. Rep. Northern Hosp. & Asylum for Insane 9 We ask that this surplus be diverted..to the erection of the much needed horse and stock barns, to the replumbing of wings, [etc.].
1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. ii. 291 My uncle distinguished himself by the thoroughness with which he did the repainting and replumbing.
2003 C. Cousins Fiddle Dee Death xx. 234 I had a duplex where the rent was about to go sky-high, thanks to the replumbing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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