单词 | repeat |
释义 | repeat v. & n. --v   1. tr. say or do over again.   2. tr. recite, rehearse, report, or reproduce (something from memory) (repeated a poem).   3. tr. imitate (an action etc.).   4. intr. recur; appear again, perhaps several times (a repeating pattern).   5. tr. used for emphasis (am not, repeat not, going).   6. intr. (of food) be tasted intermittently for some time after being swallowed as a result of belching or indigestion.   7. intr. (of a watch etc.) strike the last quarter etc. over again when required.   8. intr. (of a firearm) fire several shots without reloading.   9. intr. US illegally vote more than once in an election. --n   1. a the act or an instance of repeating. b a thing repeated (often attrib.: repeat prescription).   2. a repeated broadcast.   3. Mus. a a passage intended to be repeated. b a mark indicating this.   4. a pattern repeated in wallpaper etc.   5. Commerce a a consignment similar to a previous one. b an order given for this; a reorder. Phrases and idioms repeating decimal a recurring decimal. repeat itself recur in the same form. repeat oneself say or do the same thing over again. Derivatives repeatable adj. repeatability n. repeatedly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF repeter f. L repetere (as RE-, petere seek) |
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