单词 | rally |
释义 | rally 1. v. & n. --v (-ies, -ied)   1. tr. & intr. (often foll. by round, behind, to) bring or come together as support or for concentrated action.   2. tr. & intr. bring or come together again after a rout or dispersion.   3. a intr. renew a conflict. b tr. cause to do this.   4. a tr. revive (courage etc.) by an effort of will. b tr. rouse (a person or animal) to fresh energy. c intr. pull oneself together.   5. intr. recover after illness or prostration or fear, regain health or consciousness, revive.   6. intr. (of share-prices etc.) increase after a fall. --n (pl. -ies)   1. an act of reassembling forces or renewing conflict; a reunion for fresh effort.   2. a recovery of energy after or in the middle of exhaustion or illness.   3. a mass meeting of supporters or persons having a common interest.   4. a competition for motor vehicles, usu. over public roads.   5. (in lawn tennis etc.) an extended exchange of strokes between players. Phrases and idioms rally-cross motor racing over roads and cross-country. Derivatives rallier n. Etymology: F rallier (as RE-, ALLY(1)) 2. v.tr. (-ies, -ied) subject to good-humoured ridicule. Etymology: F railler: see RAIL(2) |
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