单词 | repeat |
释义 | Word Frequency repeat(rɪˈpiːt) verb 1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to say or write (something) again, either once or several times; restate or reiterate 2. to do or experience (something) again once or several times 3. (intransitive) to occur more than once the last figure repeats 4. (tr; may take a clause as object) to reproduce (the words, sounds, etc) uttered by someone else; echo 5. (transitive) to utter (a poem, speech, etc) from memory; recite 6. (intransitive) a. (of food) to be tasted again after ingestion as the result of belching or slight regurgitation b. to belch 7. (tr; may take a clause as object) to tell to another person (the words, esp secrets, imparted to one by someone else) 8. (intransitive) (of a clock) to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed 9. (intransitive) US to vote (illegally) more than once in a single election 10. repeat oneself noun ▶ USAGE Since again is part of the meaning of repeat, one should not say something is repeated again11. a. the act or an instance of repeating b. (as modifier) a repeat performance 12. a word, action, etc, that is repeated 13. an order made out for goods, provisions, etc, that duplicates a previous order 14. a duplicate copy of something; reproduction 15. radio, television a further broadcast of a programme, film, etc, which has been broadcast before 16. music a passage that is an exact restatement of the passage preceding it Derived forms repeatability (reˌpeataˈbility) noun repeatable (reˈpeatable) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French repeter, from Latin repetere to seek again, from re- + petere to seek |
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