🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

重新系紧

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chóngxīn xì jǐn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Refasten/riːˈfæs.ən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他不得不重新系紧安全带。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fasten something again or securely reattach a component that has come loose.

    "He had to refasten his seatbelt before the aircraft took off."
  2. 2

    To tie, lock, or secure an opening or closure once more.

    "She reached up to refasten the necklace clasp that had snapped open."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word is formed from the re- prefix, meaning 'again' or 'anew', combined with the verb 'fasten'. 'Fasten' itself derives from Middle English 'fastnian', originating from Old Germanic roots related to being firm, secure, or steady.

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