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单词 rehearse
释义 re·hearse
\-s\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English rehersen, rehercen, from Middle French rehercier to repeat, to harrow over again, from re- + hercier to harrow, from herce harrow — more at hearse
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to repeat or say again (as something already said or heard)
  < the term is duly rehearsed in most of the history books — S.L.Faison >
  < no need to rehearse here in detail the familiar story — F.L.Allen >
 b. : to recite or repeat aloud in a formal manner : say or tell over usually from beginning to end
  < as if she had been in the dock she rehearsed her poor tale — Maurice Hewlett >
2. archaic : to present an account of : describe at length : narrate, recount, relate, tell
 < rehearses to a youth … the checkered story of her life — J.L.Lowes >
3. : to recount in order : mention one by one or one after another : enumerate
 < an address which rehearsed the wrongs suffered by the army — H.E.Scudder >
 < rehearse the multitude of things produced by … savages and peasants — John Dewey >
4.
 a. : to practice or go through (as a play, scene, or part) in private in preparation for a more formal and public presentation : recite or repeat (as lines) in such a practice
  < rehearsed the shooting of a rural story — Andrew Buchanan >
  < while his grandfather rehearsed campaign speeches — Current Biography >
  < familiar symphonies … rarely get rehearsed — Virgil Thomson >
 b. : to train, instruct, or make proficient by rehearsal
  < staff members have been rehearsed for the gala opening — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
  < rehearses the orchestra three times for each of his programs — Virgil Thomson >
5. : to perform or practice as if in a rehearsal
 < the kitten rehearses the kind of actions the cat employs in catching its prey — John Dewey >
 < the Pacific Fleet will rehearse … a mission they might be called to perform — New York Times >
intransitive verb
: to recite something especially for practice : engage in a rehearsal
 < dominant actors who rehearsed in submissive roles — Helen H. Nowlis >
Synonyms: see relate
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