The word "refresh" is a verb with multiple meanings: 1. To make someone feel more energetic or cool; 2. To renovate or make something new; 3. To remind or help someone remember; 4. To update a web page for the latest version.
[VERB 动词]使精神抖擞；使精神振奋；使重新充满活力 If something refreshes you when you have become hot, tired, or thirsty, it makes you feel cooler or more energetic.
[V n]
The lotion cools and refreshes the skin...
这种润肤液凉爽清新，能够焕发肌肤的活力。
They had stopped by a spring to refresh themselves.
他们曾在一处泉边停歇休息。
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He awoke feeling completely refreshed.
他醒来感到彻底恢复了精力。
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[VERB 动词]翻新；使变新 If you refresh something old or dull, you make it as good as it was when it was new.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Many view these meetings as an occasion to share ideas and refresh friendship...
许多人把这些会面看成是交流想法和保持友谊长青的机会。
Lettie appeared, her make-up refreshed.
莱蒂出现了，她重新上过妆。
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[VERB 动词]使记起；提醒；提示 If someone refreshes your memory, they tell you something that you had forgotten.
[V n]
Allow me to refresh your memory...
让我帮你回忆吧。
He walked on the opposite side of the street to refresh his memory of the building.
他走在街的对面，努力回忆这座建筑的原貌。
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[VERB 动词]刷新（网页） If you refresh a web page, you click a button in order to get the most recent version of the page.
[V n]
[COMPUTING 计算机]
Press the 'reload' button on your web browser to refresh the site and get the most current version.
点击网页浏览器上的“刷新”按钮来刷新页面，显示最新的版本。
Oxford
re·fresh/rɪˈfreʃ; NAmErɪˈfreʃ/verb1[transitive ]refreshsb/yourself to make sb feel less tired or less hot 使恢复精力；使凉爽◆The long sleep had refreshed her.一场酣睡使她重又精力充沛。◆He refreshed himself with a cool shower.他冲了个凉水澡凉快凉快。2[transitive ]refreshsth ( informal) ( especially NAmE) to fill sb's glass or cup again 重新斟满◆Let me refresh your glass.我给你再斟一杯吧。3[transitive ]~ your/sb's memoryto remind yourself/sb of sth, especially with the help of sth that can be seen or heard 提醒；提示；使想起SYN
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◆He had to refresh his memory by looking at his notes.他不得不靠看笔记来提醒自己。4[transitive , intransitive ]refresh(sth) ( computing 计) to get the most recent information, for example on an Internet page, by clicking on a button on the screen 刷新；更新；重新整理◆Click here to refresh this document.点击此处以刷新文件。◆The page refreshes automatically.页面会自动更新。refreshrefreshesrefreshedrefreshingre·fresh/rɪˈfreʃ; NAmErɪˈfreʃ/
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refreshre‧fresh /rɪˈfreʃ/ ●○○ verb
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1[transitive] to make someone feel less tired or less hot: A shower will refresh you.refresh yourself (with something) He refreshed himself with a glass of iced tea.2refresh somebody’s memory to make someone remember something: I looked at the map to refresh my memory of the route.3refresh somebody’s drink American English to add more of an alcoholic drink to someone’s glassSYN top somebody up British English: Can I refresh your drink?4[intransitive, transitive] technical if you refresh your computer screen while you are connected to the Internet, you make the screen show any new information that has arrived since you first began looking at itSYN update—refreshed adjective: Jen returned from vacation feeling relaxed and refreshed.
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refresh
[rɪˈfreʃ]refreshed, refreshing, refreshes
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refreshed[834] refreshing[2955]
提神(70%)，提醒(30%)
vt.更新；使……恢复；使……清新；消除……的疲劳
vi.恢复精神；喝饮料，吃点心；补充给养
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