单词 | receive |
释义 | Word Frequency receive(rɪˈsiːv) verb (mainly tr) 1. to take (something offered) into one's hand or possession 2. to have (an honour, blessing, etc) bestowed 3. to accept delivery or transmission of (a letter, telephone call, etc) 4. to be informed of (news or information) 5. to hear and consent to or acknowledge (an oath, confession, etc) 6. (of a vessel or container) to take or hold (a substance, commodity, or certain amount) 7. to support or sustain (the weight of something); bear 8. to apprehend or perceive (ideas, etc) 9. to experience, undergo, or meet with to receive a crack on the skull 10. (also intr) to be at home to (visitors) 11. to greet or welcome (visitors or guests), esp in formal style 12. to admit (a person) to a place, society, condition, etc he was received into the priesthood 13. to accept or acknowledge (a precept or principle) as true or valid 14. to convert (incoming radio signals) into sounds, pictures, etc, by means of a receiver 15. (also intr) tennis to play at the other end from the server; be required to return (service) 16. (also intr) to partake of (the Christian Eucharist) 17. (intransitive) mainly British to buy and sell stolen goods Word origin C13: from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere to take back, from re- + capere to take |
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