单词 | recite |
释义 | recite (once / 303 pages) v You are showing off your ability to recite, or repeat aloud from memory, when you say the entire text of "The Gettysburg Address" or name all the past winners of your town’s asparagus eating contest. Recite entered the English language as a legal term but is now more often used in the realms of education, literature, and religion. Children in school may be assigned a famous poem to recite in front of the class or be tested on how well they can recite their multiplication tables. In many religious traditions, being able to recite passages of sacred texts is an important part of practicing the religion. WORD FAMILYrecite: recital, recitation, recited, reciter, recites, reciting+/recital: recitalist, recitals/recitalist: recitalists/recitation: recitations/reciter: reciters USAGE EXAMPLESOn Sunday, a dozens of people gathered on a street corner to recite the names of the victims in what’s become an annual gathering. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Verbal rehearsal of material—the shopping list you recite as you walk the aisles of a supermarket—is part of our working memory system. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) When two students at the University of Oklahoma triggered a storm by reciting a racist chant, one of their parents issued a public apology. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1v repeat aloud from memory she recited a poem The pupil recited his lesson for the day Hypo|Hyper spell, spell out orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of sayrecite or repeat a fixed text rattle down, rattle off, reel off, roll off, spiel offrecite volubly or extravagantly countname or recite the numbers in ascending order misspellspell incorrectly count downcount backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example echo, repeat to say again or imitate 2v recite in elocution Syn|Hypo|Hyper declaim elocute declaim in an elocutionary manner peroratedeliver an oration in grandiloquent style scanread metrically do, execute, perform carry out or perform an action 3v render verbally, "recite a poem" Syn|Hyper retell re-create create anew 4v narrate or give a detailed account of Syn|Hypo|Hyper narrate, recount, tell relate give an account of cracktell spontaneously yarntell or spin a yarn rhapsodise, rhapsodizerecite a rhapsody inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 5v specify individually The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug Syn|Hypo|Hyper enumerate, itemise, itemize list, name give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of identify, name give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property |
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