单词 | retrieve |
释义 | retrieve —retrievable, adj. —retrievability, n. /ri treev"/, v. , retrieved, retrieving, n. v.t. 1. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball. 2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes. 3. to make amends for: to retrieve an error. 4. to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss. 5. Hunting. (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game). 6. to draw back or reel in (a fishing line). 7. to rescue; save. 8. (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended). 9. Computers. to locate and read (data) from storage, as for display on a monitor. v.i. 10. Hunting. to retrieve game. 11. to retrieve a fishing line. n. 12. an act of retrieving; recovery. 13. the possibility of recovery. [1375-1425; late ME retreven < MF retroev-, retreuv-, tonic s. of retrouver to find again, equiv. to re- RE- + trouver to find; see TROVER] Syn. 1. See recover. |
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