单词 | recount |
释义 | recount (once / 775 pages) 1v 2vn As a verb, recount can mean either "tell the story of" or "add up again." As a noun, recount usually refers to the second (or third or fourth) tallying of votes in a close election. The word count comes from the old French conter, which means "add up" or "tell a story." Here's a story to recount (narrate): In an election featuring Count Dracula and Count Johnson, Dracula wins by two votes, so Johnson demands a recount (an adding up of the votes again). The officials recount (count again) the votes, and this time find Count Johnson the winner. Dracula threatens to bite the officials and they quickly change their minds. WORD FAMILYrecount: recounted, recounting, recounts+/count: countable, counted, counter, counting, countless, counts, miscount, recount/counted: uncounted/counter: countered, countering, counters, encounter/counting: countings/countless: countlessly, countlessness/encounter: encountered, encountering, encounters/miscount: miscounted, miscounting, miscounts/recounting: recountings USAGE EXAMPLESAs Anderson was recounting the scary scene, linebacker Corey Nelson leaned in and told him, “I was scared for you. I was so scared, bro.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Martin Luther King, Jr., recounted an experience of it in the early days of the bus boycott in Montgomery, in 1956. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) But it was another four weeks before McCrory conceded while dozens of ballot protests were considered and a partial recount was held in Durham County. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 v narrate or give a detailed account of 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper narrate, recite, 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 1v count again We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made Hyper count, enumerate, number, numerate determine the number or amount of 2n an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election Hyper count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order |
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