释义 |
repeat /ri-pētˈ/ transitive verb- To say, do, perform or go over again
- To iterate
- To quote from memory
- To say off
- To recount
- To celebrate (Milton)
- To say or do after another
- To tell to others, divulge
- To cause to recur
- To reproduce
- To repeat the words or actions of (reflexive)
- To seek again (obsolete)
- To ask back (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To recur
- To make repetition
- To strike the last hour, quarter, etc when required
- To fire several shots without reloading
- To rise so as to be tasted after swallowing
- To vote (illegally) more than once (US)
noun- A repetition
- A retracing of one's course
- A passage repeated or marked for repetition (music)
- Dots or other mark directing repetition
- A unit of a repeated pattern
- An order for more goods of the same kind
- A radio or television programme broadcast for the second, third, etc time
adjective Done or occurring as a repetition ORIGIN: Fr répéter, from L repetere, repitītum, from re- again, and petere to seek repeatabilˈity noun repeatˈable adjective - Able to be done again
- Fit to be told to others
repeatˈed adjective - Done again
- Reiterated
repeatˈedly adverb - Many times repeated
- Again and again
repeatˈer noun - Someone or something that repeats, or does a thing that he, she or it has done before
- A decimal fraction in which the same figure (or sometimes figures) is repeated to infinity
- A watch, clock or firearm that repeats
- A ship that repeats an admiral's signals
- An instrument for automatically retransmitting a message (telegraphy)
- A thermionic amplifier inserted in a telephone circuit (also repeating coil) or in a cable
repeatˈing noun and adjective repeat purchasing noun (marketing) The buying of products that are used frequently, such as newspapers or bread repeat oneself To say again what one has said already |