释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•lapse /v. rɪˈlæps; n. also ˈrilæps/USA pronunciation v., -lapsed, -laps•ing, n. v. [no object] - to fall or slip back into a former state or practice:to relapse into silence.
- Pathologyto fall back into illness after seeming to get better or be recovering:He relapsed into a coma.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of relapsing.
- Pathologya return of a disease after one has partly recovered from it.
See -laps-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•lapse (v. ri laps′;n. ri laps′, rē′laps),USA pronunciation v., -lapsed, -laps•ing, n. v.i. - to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:to relapse into silence.
- Pathologyto fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
- to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error;
backslide:to relapse into heresy. n. - an act or instance of relapsing.
- Pathologya return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
- Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent. to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- verb, verbal stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun, nominal) late Middle English
- (verb, verbal) late Middle English 1400–50
re•laps′a•ble, adj. re•laps′er, n. - 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regress, revert, lapse.
|