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单词 reverse osmosis
释义

reverse /ri-vûrsˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To turn the other way about, as upside down, inside out, in the opposite direction, etc
  2. To invert
  3. To set moving backwards
  4. To overturn (a decision) on appeal to a higher court (law)
  5. To annul
  6. To bring back (Spenser)
  7. To turn aside (Spenser)
intransitive verb
  1. To move backwards or in the opposite direction
  2. To set an engine, etc moving backwards
  3. To return (Spenser)
noun
  1. The contrary, opposite
  2. The back, esp of a coin or medal, opp to obverse
  3. A setback, misfortune, defeat
  4. A backhanded sword-stroke
  5. The act of reversing
  6. A backwards direction
  7. A direction or order opposite to normal
  8. Reverse gear
adjective
  1. Contrary, opposite
  2. Turned about
  3. Acting in the contrary direction
  4. Reversing
  5. Backhanded (obsolete)
  6. Of the rear (military)
ORIGIN: L reversāre to turn round; partly through Fr

reverˈsal noun

The act of reversing

reversedˈ adjective

reverˈsedly adverb

reverseˈless adjective

Unalterable

reverseˈly adverb

reverˈser noun

  1. Someone or something that reverses
  2. A reversing device
  3. A borrower on wadset (Scots law; obsolete)

reverˈsi /-sē/ noun

  1. A game in which a captured piece is not removed from the board but turned upside down to show the captor's colour
  2. Reversis

reversibilˈity noun

reverˈsible adjective

  1. Able to be reversed (in any sense)
  2. Of tissues, etc, able to be restored to a normal state (medicine)
noun

A fabric having both sides well finished

reverˈsibly adverb

reverˈsing noun and adjective

reverˈsion /-shən/ noun

  1. The act or fact of reverting or of returning
  2. Anything which reverts or returns
  3. The return, or the future possession, of any property after some particular event
  4. The property to which one has such a right
  5. The right to succeed to possession or office
  6. A sum payable upon death
  7. That which is left over, remains
  8. The process by which a mutant phenotype is restored to normal by another mutation of the same gene (also called back-mutation; biology)

reverˈsional adjective

reverˈsionally adverb

reverˈsionary adjective

Of, relating to, or of the nature of reversion

noun

A person who has a reversion

reverˈsioner noun

A reversionary

reverˈsis noun

An old card game in which the taker of fewest tricks wins

reverˈso noun (pl reverˈsos)

  1. A verso
  2. A backhanded sword-stroke

reversal colour film noun

Film in which the negative image in the respective colour layers is reversed in processing to give a positive transparency

reverse discrimination or reversed discrimination noun

Discrimination in favour of any group previously discriminated against

reverse engineering noun

The taking apart of a competitor's product to see how it works, eg with a view to copying it or improving on it

reverse gear noun

A gear combination which causes an engine, etc to go in reverse

reverse genetics singular noun

The process of removing a gene from an organism, treating it in a known way, reinserting it, and testing the organism for any altered function

reverse osmosis noun (chem)

Purification of water by forcing it under pressure through a membrane impermeable to the impurities to be removed

reverse pass noun (football)

A pass made when a player runs in one direction and passes in the opposite direction

reverse printer noun (computing)

A bidirectional printer

reverse proxy noun (computing)

A proxy server (qv) which controls access from external users to a group of servers on a network

reverse swing noun (cricket)

A phenomenon that causes a cricket ball that has become roughened on one side to swing in the opposite direction to a new ball

reverse takeover noun (business)

  1. One in which the company that has been taken over controls the new organization
  2. One in which a smaller company takes over a large company

reverse transcriptase noun

The enzyme in a retrovirus which makes a DNA copy of an RNA genome

reverse yield gap noun (commerce)

The amount by which the average yield on the shares making up the Financial Times ordinary index, or the return on any particular stocks, falls short of the return on 21/2% consolidated annuities

reversible reaction noun

  1. A chemical reaction that can occur in both directions and, as a mixture of reactants and reaction products is obtained, is incomplete
  2. A chemical reaction that can be made to proceed in one direction or the other by altering the conditions

reversing layer noun

A layer of the sun's chromosphere that reverses bright lines of the spectrum to dark absorption lines

reversing light noun

A light on the back of a motor vehicle which comes on when the vehicle is put into reverse gear, providing illumination for the driver, a warning to other road-users, etc

reversionary bonus noun

A bonus added to the sum payable on death or at the maturation of an insurance policy

go into reverse

  1. To engage reverse gear
  2. To move backwards

reverse the charges

To charge a telephone call to the person who receives it instead of to the caller
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