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reborn

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·born /riːˈbɔːn $ -ˈbɔːrn/ verb literary  be reborn literary a) to become active or popular again 再生;复兴 In the past decade, the city has been reborn. 在过去的十年间,这个城市复兴了。 b) START TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCto be born again, especially according to some beliefs, ancient stories etc 〔信仰、传说等中的〕再生,转世
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rebornNow, after years spent behind a sewing machine in her husband's dressmaking factory, she feels like a woman reborn.The monsters were stirring, like babies in the womb, waiting to be reborn.But as you said to me in the lodge, he will be reborn after his death as a warrior.But the best that a virtuous woman can hope for is that she be reborn as a man.Her body was a new one under his sensual caresses, reborn for this man who held her heart.
re·born verbChineseSyllable
become again to Corpus popular active or


reborn
reborn /riːˈbɔːn $ -ˈbɔːrn/ verb literary
be reborn
  a. to become active or popular again:
    In the past decade, the city has been reborn.
  b. to be born again, especially according to some beliefs, ancient stories etc


re·bornBrE /ˌriːˈbɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈbɔːrn/ 🔊 verbbe reborn (used only in the passive without by 仅用于不带 by 的被动语态) to become active or popular again 复兴;再次流行to be born again 再生;轮回If you were reborn as an animal, which animal would you be? 如果你转世成为动物,你愿意做哪种动物?🔊🔊
re·bornBrE /ˌriːˈbɔːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌriːˈbɔːrn/ 🔊 adjectivehaving become active again 重生的;复兴的a reborn version of social democracy一种社会民主主义的翻版having experienced a complete spiritual change (精神上)再生的,新生的reborn evangelical Christians获得再生的福音教会信徒   see also born-again