单词 | replenishment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | replenishre‧plen‧ish /rɪˈplenɪʃ/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINreplenish Verb TableOrigin: 1600-1700 Old French replenir, from plein ‘full’VERB TABLE replenish
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► fill Collocations to put enough of something into a container to make it full: · Jenny filled the kettle and put it on to boil.· Party balloons can be filled with helium. ► fill up to fill something completely – used especially about putting petrol in the tank of a car: · I need to fill up the car.· The waiter filled up everyone’s glasses.· If the oil tank is less than half full, tell them to fill it up. ► load/load up to fill a vehicle with goods, furniture etc: · Two men were loading a truck with boxes of melons. ► stuff/cram to quickly fill something such as a bag or pocket by pushing things into it tightly: · She hurriedly stuffed some things into an overnight bag and left. ► refill to fill a container again, after what was in it has been used: · I’m just going to refill this bottle from the tap. ► top up British English, top off American English to fill a glass or cup that still has some liquid in it: · Can I top up your glass of wine? ► replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food: · The lake is fed by springs that are eternally replenished by the rain. Longman Language Activatorto make something full again after part of what is in it has been used► refill to fill something again, after what was inside it has been used: · If you bring your empty bottles back to the store, we can refill them.· Can I refill anyone's glass?refill something with something: · The tank was emptied, cleaned, and refilled with fresh water. ► replenish formal to make something full again, especially with a supply of something such as water or food: · In an emergency, water can be pumped from the well to replenish the irrigation canals.· Shortages of food and poor transportation mean that the stores are not able to replenish their shelves as often as they would like to. ► top up especially British to fill a glass, cup etc that is half full or nearly empty: top something up: · "More wine anyone?" "Yes, please, could you top mine up?"top something up with something: · Pour a little brandy over the sugar and top it up with champagne. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► supply formal to put new supplies into something, or to fill something again: More vaccines are needed to replenish our stocks.► see thesaurus at fill—replenishment noun [uncountable]· On the fifth day Koju drove off to replenish our water supply at a well several kilometers away.· The continuous bombardment of asteroid surfaces by small impactors generates a constantly replenished supply of crushed rock.· What about replenishing your supply of oxygen so you have it to give to your wife and your children? VERB► need· Find out how often your own body needs to replenish its energy stores.· By then, firms' high inventories will have been run down and will need replenishing, the argument goes. |
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