reclothe
verb [ T ] (also re-clothe) uk/ˌriːˈkləʊð/ us/ˌriːˈkloʊð/
提供新衣;换装
to provide someone with new and different clothes
This money will provide clean water for 10 million villagers and reclothe 100,000 street children. 这笔钱将为一千万村民提供清水，并为十万流浪街头衣着褴褛的儿童提供衣衫。
重新覆盖;改变面貌
to give something a new covering or outer appearance
My old well-worn books are far more precious to me than copies reclothed in elegant calfskin. 我那些翻烂的旧版书对我来说比那些用优雅的小牛皮做硬皮封面重新发行的版本珍贵得多。
Undeterred by his failure, he proposes to reclothe his idea as a new magazine.
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- They re-clothed him in the dress of a servant.
- After helping to wash and re-clothe the children, she began to prepare dinner.
- The replanting and rewilding will reclothe the countryside in its rightful form.
- He bought the house as a ruin and carefully stripped it to its wooden skeleton before he reclothed it.