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单词 recurrent
释义 re·cur·rent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin recurrent-, recurrens, present participle of recurrere to run back, recur — more at recur
1.
 a. : running or turning back in a direction opposite to its former course — used of various nerves and branches of vessels in the arms and legs
  < the radial recurrent artery >
  < the recurrent laryngeal nerve >
 b. of a veinlet : returning toward the main rib
2. : returning from time to time : appearing or coming periodically : happening again and again
 < food is the urgent and recurrent need of individuals and of society — Ellen Semple >
 < investigate the recurrent … strike situation — Current Biography >
 < an endlessly recurrent set of problems — I.A.Richards >
3. : reappearing at other than the first geologic horizon
 < a recurrent fauna >
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