单词 | repercussion |
释义 | repercussion /ree'peuhr kush"euhn, rep'euhr-/, n. 1. an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread. 2. the state of being driven back by a resisting body. 3. a rebounding or recoil of something after impact. 4. reverberation; echo. 5. Music. (in a fugue) the point after the development of an episode at which the subject and answer appear again. [1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < L repercussion- (s. of repercussio) a rebounding, equiv. to repercuss(us) (ptp. of repercutere to strike back) + -ion- -ION. See RE-, PERCUSSION] |
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