单词 | reanimate |
释义 | reanimate (once / 12299 pages) v To reanimate is to bring someone (or something) back to life, or to give them renewed energy. A new lead singer might be just the thing your band needs to reanimate its concerts. You can reanimate someone in a literal way by giving them CPR after a heart attack — and you can also reanimate them more figuratively, simply by getting them excited about a fun weekend plan. Even if your friend is half asleep on a Monday morning in math class, the idea of a Saturday at the amusement park might be enough to reanimate her. The Latin root animare means "give breath to" and "endow with spirit." WORD FAMILYreanimate: reanimated, reanimates, reanimating+/animate: animated, animateness, animates, animating, animatingly, animation, animator, inanimate, reanimate/animated: animatedly, unanimated/animation: animations/animator: animators/inanimate: inanimately, inanimateness USAGE EXAMPLESBut in the latest Star Wars film, director Gareth Edwards and his team used them to reanimate two characters from the original trilogy. Time(Dec 19, 2016) They are the reanimated hosts and the park’s Natives. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) Mr. Oliver, a practitioner of sentimental gothic, reshapes and reanimates the well-worn formulas of the confessional memoir by infusing them with sepulchral darkness. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) v give new life or energy to Syn|Hyper animate, quicken, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify come to, resuscitate, revive return to consciousness arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate cause to be alert and energetic |
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