1N-COUNT [usually singular](书、电影、歌曲等的)翻版 If you describe something such as a book, film, or song as a retread, you mean that it contains ideas or elements that have been used before, and that it is not very interesting or original. (书、电影、歌曲等的)翻版 [disapproval]
His last book, 'Needful Things', was a retread of tired material. [+ of]
他的上一本书《必需品》尽在重复些老掉牙的内容。
2N-COUNT 翻新的轮胎 A retread is an old tyre which has been given a new surface or tread and can be used again. 翻新的轮胎