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refresh

verb
🔊/rɪˈfreʃ/
🔊/rɪˈfreʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they refresh
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he / she / it refreshes
🔊/rɪˈfreʃɪz/
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past simple refreshed
🔊/rɪˈfreʃt/
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past participle refreshed
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-ing form refreshing
🔊/rɪˈfreʃɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈfreʃɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] refresh somebody/yourself to make somebody feel less tired or less hot使恢复精力；使凉爽
    • The long sleep had refreshed her.一场酣睡使她重又精力充沛。🔊🔊
    • The following morning she awoke refreshed.第二天早上，她醒了。
    • He refreshed himself with a cool shower.他冲了个凉水澡凉快凉快。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] refresh something (especially North American English, informal) to fill somebody’s glass or cup again重新斟满
    • Let me refresh your glass.我给你再斟一杯吧。🔊🔊
    • He went into the kitchen to refresh their drinks.他走进厨房为他们刷新饮料。
  3. [transitive] refresh your/somebody’s memory to remind yourself/somebody of something, especially with the help of something that can be seen or heard提醒；提示；使想起 synonym jog
    • He had to refresh his memory by looking at his notes.他不得不靠看笔记来提醒自己。🔊🔊
  4. [transitive, intransitive] refresh (something) (computing计算机) to make the most recent information show, for example on an internet page刷新（网页等）
    • Click here to refresh this document.点击此处以刷新文件。🔊🔊
    • The page refreshes automatically.页面会自动更新。🔊🔊
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    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French refreschier, from re- ‘back’ + fres(che) ‘fresh’.