| 单词 | repeat |
| 释义 | repeat —repeatable, adj. —repeatability, n. /ri peet"/, v.t. 1. to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis. 2. to say or utter in reproducing the words, inflections, etc., of another: to repeat a sentence after the teacher. 3. to reproduce (utterances, sounds, etc.) in the manner of an echo, a phonograph, or the like. 4. to tell (something heard) to another or others. 5. to do, make, or perform again: to repeat an action. 6. to go through or undergo again: to repeat an experience. v.i. 7. to do or say something again. 8. to cause a slight regurgitation: The onions I ate are repeating on me. 9. to vote illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election. n. 10. the act of repeating. 11. something repeated; repetition. 12. a duplicate or reproduction of something. 13. a decorative pattern repeated, usually by printing, on a textile or the like. 14. Music. a. a passage to be repeated. b. a sign, as a vertical arrangement of dots, calling for the repetition of a passage. 15. a radio or television program that has been broadcast at least once before. [1325-75; ME repeten (v.) < MF repeter < L repetere to attack again, demand return of, equiv. to re- RE- + petere to reach towards, seek (cf. PERPETUAL, PETULANT)] Syn. 1. iterate, recite, rehearse. 1, 5. REPEAT, RECAPITULATE, REITERATE refer to saying a thing more than once. To REPEAT is to do or say something over again: to repeat a question, an order. To RECAPITULATE is to restate in brief form, to summarize, often by repeating the principal points in a discourse: to recapitulate an argument. To REITERATE is to do or say something over and over again, to repeat insistently: to reiterate a refusal, a demand. 3. echo, reecho. |
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