英语词汇“retread”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you do the same thing again, or walk along the same path, you retread. You might love a writer's first book, but you'll still be disappointed if she only retreads the same plot in her second one.

You can, quite literally, retread your steps through the woods to find the beautiful grove of ferns you saw yesterday. You can also figuratively retread: "That candidate just retreads the same points over and over again!" When a car mechanic uses this word, it means "put new treads on a tire," or as a noun, the new surface of the tire itself. During World War I, retread was Australian slang for a "re-enlisted soldier."

WORD FAMILY

retread: retreaded, retreading, retreads+/tread: retread, treaded, treading, treads, trod, trodden/trod: untrod/trodden: untrodden

USAGE EXAMPLES

Hence we get a bunch of sequels — lame retreads that aren’t very good but coast along on name recognition.

Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016)

Second, elevate a new generation of political leaders so the movement is not just a retread of retired establishment types.

Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016)

This album begins the same way, but don’t dismiss it as a retread.

New York Times(Nov 24, 2016)

1v use again in altered form

retread an old plot

Syn|Hyper

make over, rework

process, work, work on

shape, form, or improve a material

2v give new treads to (a tire)

Syn|Hyper

remold, remould

regenerate, renew

reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

3n a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Syn|Hyper

recap

auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire

a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel

单词	retread
释义	retread (once / 50510 pages) vn When you do the same thing again, or walk along the same path, you retread. You might love a writer's first book, but you'll still be disappointed if she only retreads the same plot in her second one. You can, quite literally, retread your steps through the woods to find the beautiful grove of ferns you saw yesterday. You can also figuratively retread: "That candidate just retreads the same points over and over again!" When a car mechanic uses this word, it means "put new treads on a tire," or as a noun, the new surface of the tire itself. During World War I, retread was Australian slang for a "re-enlisted soldier." WORD FAMILY retread: retreaded, retreading, retreads+/tread: retread, treaded, treading, treads, trod, trodden/trod: untrod/trodden: untrodden USAGE EXAMPLES Hence we get a bunch of sequels — lame retreads that aren’t very good but coast along on name recognition. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) Second, elevate a new generation of political leaders so the movement is not just a retread of retired establishment types. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) This album begins the same way, but don’t dismiss it as a retread. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1v use again in altered form retread an old plot Syn\|Hyper make over, rework process, work, work on shape, form, or improve a material 2v give new treads to (a tire) Syn\|Hyper remold, remould regenerate, renew reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new 3n a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads Syn\|Hyper recap auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel
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