Rejuvenate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使返老还童
• ［英］ v. 使返老还童 ( to make young or youthful again)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +juven ( 年轻) +ate;
• ［同］ 参考: juvenile ( 年轻的) 派生词: rejuvenation ( n. 返老还童, 恢复活力)
• ［例］ The mountain air will rejuvenate you.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: re- + Latin juvenis young — more at young
• Date: 1789
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make young or youthful again ; give new vigor to
    • b. to restore to an original or new state <rejuvenate old cars>
  • 2.
    • a. to stimulate (a stream) to renewed erosive activity especially by uplift
    • b. to develop youthful features of topography in
• intransitive verb
  • to cause or undergo rejuvenescence
• Synonyms: see renew
• ? rejuvenation noun
• ? rejuvenator noun

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