return
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɹɪˈtɜːn/
美 /ɹɪˈtɜːn/|/ɹɪˈtɝn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of returning.
— I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.
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A return ticket.
— Do you want a one-way or a return?
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An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
— Most product returns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal.
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An answer.
— a return to one’s question
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An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
— election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold
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Gain or loss from an investment.
— It yielded a return of 5%.
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A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.
— Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year.
- A carriage return character.
- The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
- A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
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A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
— The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.
- A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
- The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
- A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
- A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
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The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
— A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
动词 v.
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To come or go back (to a place or person).
— Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
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To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
— To return to my story[…]
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To recur; to come again.
— Winter returns every year.
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To turn back, retreat.
— ‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’
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To turn (something) round.
— Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.
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To place or put back something where it had been.
— Please return your hands to your lap.
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To give something back to its original holder or owner.
— You should return the library book within one month.
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To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
— […]the Lord ſhall returne thy wickedneſſe vpon thine owne head.
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To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
— Hello, I’m just returning your call. What did you want to talk about?
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To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
— Yeah, it’s $600,000 but, if it doesn’t work, you can always return it. As long as it’s undamaged and in the original packaging, I’ll give you a full refund.
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To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
— The player couldn’t return the serve because it was so fast.
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To play a card as a result of another player’s lead.
— If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.
- To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
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To say in reply; to respond.
— to return an answer; to return thanks; “Do it yourself!” she returned.
- To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
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To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
— This function returns the number of files in the directory.
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To retort; to throw back.
— to return the lie
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To report, or bring back and make known.
— to return the result of an election
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To elect to a certain office.
— he was returned as a Member of Parliament
- To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
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词源 1
From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.
词源 2
From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.
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