单词 | mend |
释义 | mend v. & n. --v   1. tr. restore to a sound condition; repair (a broken article, a damaged road, torn clothes, etc.).   2. intr. regain health.   3. tr. improve (mend matters).   4. tr. add fuel to (a fire). --n a darn or repair in material etc. (a mend in my shirt). Phrases and idioms mend one's fences make peace with a person. mend one's manners improve one's behaviour. mend or end improve or abolish. mend one's pace go faster; alter one's pace to another's. mend one's ways reform, improve one's habits. on the mend improving in health or condition. Derivatives mendable adj. mender n. Etymology: ME f. AF mender f. amender AMEND |
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