regenerate
verbVerb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they regenerate | |
he / she / it regenerates | |
past simple regenerated | |
past participle regenerated | |
-ing form regenerating |
- [transitive] regenerate something
to make an area, institution, etc. develop and grow strong again 使振兴;使复兴;发展壮大 - [intransitive, transitive] (
biology )生物 to grow again; to make something grow again 再生;使再生
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus ‘created again’, past participle of regenerare, from re- ‘again’ + generare ‘create’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.