• vt. 翻新修補(bǔ)；再踏上
• n. 翻新的輪胎

re-,再，重新，tread,踩踏，鞋面，輪胎胎面。引申詞義翻新，翻版。

retread (v.)

"to put a new tread on (a tire)," 1908, from re- "back, again" (see re-) + tread (q.v.). The noun is attested from 1914; in World War I it was Australian slang for "a re-enlisted soldier."

1. His last book, "Needful Things", was a retread of tired material.

他的上一本書(shū)《必需品》盡在重復(fù)些老掉牙的內(nèi)容。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句