retread

• vt. 翻新修补；再踏上
• n. 翻新的轮胎

re-,再，重新，tread,踩踏，鞋面，轮胎胎面。引申词义翻新，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.

他的上一本书《必需品》尽在重复些老掉牙的内容。

来自柯林斯例句