rewire

verb
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rewire
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪə(r)/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪər/
he / she / it rewires
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪəz/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪərz/
past simple rewired
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪəd/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪərd/
past participle rewired
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪəd/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪərd/
-ing form rewiring
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ/
🔊/ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ/
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  1. rewire something to put new electrical wires into a building or piece of equipment给(建筑物或设备)换新电线
    • The house has been rewired.房子已经改好了。
    Topics Engineeringc2, Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRewire is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • electrician
    Rewire is used with these nouns as the object:
    • house
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