refit
verb[TorI]
uk/ˌriːˈfɪt/us/ˌriːˈfɪt/-tt-to put ashipor abuilding, etc.,especiallyapublicorindustrialbuilding, back into goodconditionbyrepairingit oraddingnewparts:
Thebarswill be refitted and re-branded bytheirnewowner.新业主将对酒吧进行重装修并改名。
Theoutmodedplantsare refittedwithcleantechnology.
Theshipsailedinto thedockto refit.
- We refittedourkitchenacoupleofyearsago.
- Thecostof refitting theMexicantunafleetto use dolphin-safenetsandtechniquesis put at $25 million.
- Repeatedattemptstostartup anewlyrefittedreactorweredelayedby aseriesofminorfaults.
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- put/setsomeonerightidiom
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- sortsomethingout
- tinker
refit
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.fɪt/us/ˈriː.fɪt/theprocessof putting ashipor abuilding, etc.,especiallyapublicorindustrialbuilding, back into goodconditionbyrepairingit oraddingnewparts:
Theyachtwasundergoinga refit in aboatyard.
Majorstorerefits areplannedfor themonthsahead.
- After a £9 million refit many of theridesnow have aninteractivefeel.
- Theboatunderwentanextensiverefit, whichimprovedit bothaestheticallyandfunctionally.
- Is thereactuallyenoughRoyalNavy refitworktokeeptwodockyardsinfullemployment?
Correcting and mending
- calibration
- clean(someone/something)up
- correction
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- fine-tune
- mess
- put/setsomeonerightidiom
- recondition
- reconstruct
- reconstruction
- rectification
- remedy
- revise
- revised
- set/put the record straightidiom
- smoothsomethingaway
- smoothen
- sort
- sortsomethingout
- tinker