Recycle



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• v. 再应用, 回收利用
• ［英］ 再应用, 回收利用 ( treat a substance that has already been used so that it is fit to use again)
• ［记］ re（再）+cycle（循环）

Webster Collegiate

I. *Date: 1926

• transitive verb
  • 1. to pass again through a series of changes or treatments: as
    • a. to process (as liquid body waste, glass, or cans) in order to regain material for human use
    • b. recover 6
    • c. to reuse or make (a substance) available for reuse for biological activities through natural processes of biochemical degradation or modification <green plants recycling the residue of forest fires><recycle ADP back to ATP>
  • 2. to adapt to a new use ; alter
  • 3. to bring back ; reuse <recycles a number of good anecdotes — Larry McMurtry>
  • 4. to make ready for reuse <a plan to recycle vacant tenements>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to return to an earlier point in a countdown
  • 2. to return to an original condition so that operation can begin again — used of an electronic device
• ? recyclability noun
• ? recyclable adjective or noun
• ? recycler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1926
• the process of recycling

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