| 释义 |
reminisce, v.|rɛmɪˈnɪs|
[Back-formation from next: somewhat colloquial.]
1. trans. and intr. To recollect, remember.
1829[J. R. Best] Pers. & Lit. Mem. 304 Some of my readers may reminisce—the word shall never enter my vocabulary—a political squib, let off towards the conclusion of the American war. 1896A. Lang in Longm. Mag. June 219 She could not have remembered much of Keats... How do people remember anything? How do they reminisce?
2. To indulge in reminiscences. Also with direct speech as obj.
1882Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. 4 There is probably no reason why old Bohemians as well as other people should not ‘reminisce’. 1892M'Crie Public Worship Presbyt. Scot. i. 48 Before his wife's death, so he reminisced, he always went to church. 1961Dallas Morning News 10 Sept. vi. 6 ‘I bought my first dress from him when I was still a struggling young actress,’ she reminisces. 1969A. Glyn Dragon Variation viii. 233 ‘I remember when the whole thing was eighteenth century,’ he reminisced. ‘Chandeliers, brocades.’ 1978Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 3/1 ‘I remember the teacher asking what we wanted to be,’ Signor Santo Del Bon reminisced. |