regain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of regaining something.
    — Patients who plateau after weight loss are more likely to blame the regain on something that they are responsible for – the wrong course of action they took or a specic oversight that they kept repeating–rather than who they are.
  2. The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.
    — The number of ends per inch may vary to some slight extent at different places in the width of the cloth and in different pieces woven to the same particulars , but if the regain is correctly estimated , the calculated reed to be used will be the same, unless a special reed has been used in weaving the cloth.
动词 v.
  1. To get back; to recover possession of. transitive
    — DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.

词形变化

regains present,singular,third-person regaining participle,present regained participle,past regained past regains plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.
词源 2
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.
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