释义 |
regenerate /ri-jenˈə-rāt/ transitive verb- To produce anew
- To renew spiritually (theology)
- To put new life or energy into
- To reform completely
- To reproduce (a part of the body)
- To magnify the amplitude of an electrical output by relaying part of the power back into the input circuit (electronics)
- To produce again in the original form (chem, nucleonics, etc)
intransitive verb To undergo regeneration, to be regenerated adjective /-it or -āt/ - Regenerated, renewed
- Changed from a natural to a spiritual state
ORIGIN: L regenerāre, -ātum to bring forth again, from re- again, and generāre to generate regenˈerable adjective regenˈeracy /-ə-si/ noun regenerāˈtion noun - Renewal of lost parts
- Spiritual rebirth
- Reformation
- Recovery of waste heat or other energy that would have been lost
- Rebuilding or revitalizing of an area, eg the centre of a city
regenˈerative adjective regenˈeratively adverb regenˈerātor noun - Someone or something that regenerates
- A chamber in which waste heat is, by reversal of draught, alternately stored up and given out to the gas and air entering
regenˈeratory /-ə-tər-i/ adjective |