单词 | relapse |
释义 | relapse —relapsable, adj. —relapser, n. v. /ri laps"/; n. /ri laps", ree"laps/, v. , relapsed, relapsing, n. v.i. 1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence. 2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery. 3. to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide: to relapse into heresy. n. 4. an act or instance of relapsing. 5. a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it. [1400-50; (v.) late ME < L relapsus, ptp. of relabi to slide back, revert (re- RE- + lab- v. stem + -sus for -tus ptp. suffix); (n.) late ME < ML relapsus, equiv. to L relab(i) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action] Syn. 3. regress, revert, lapse. |
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