reuse

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable. countable,uncountable
  2. The act of using again, or in another place. countable,uncountable
    — Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.
动词 v.
  1. To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).
    — The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.
  2. To use again, or in another place.
    — The estimated 2.7 million cubic metres of chalk and flint excavated from each tunnel (and then mixed with water to create slurry) will be treated and then reused to landscape the site and create a 127-hectare chalk grassland habitat.

词形变化

reuses plural re-use alternative reuses present,singular,third-person reusing participle,present reused participle,past reused past re-use alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Italic *oissos
Latin ūsus
Old French usbor.
Middle English use
English use
English reuse
From re- + use.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Italic *oissos
Latin ūsus
Old French usbor.
Middle English use
English use
English reuse
From re- + use.
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