return

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ɹɪˈtɜːn/    /ɹɪˈtɜːn/|/ɹɪˈtɝn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of returning. countable,uncountable
    — I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.
  2. A return ticket. countable,uncountable
    — Do you want a one-way or a return?
  3. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  4. An answer. countable,uncountable
    — a return to one’s question
  5. 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. countable,uncountable
    — election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold
  6. Gain or loss from an investment. countable,uncountable
    — It yielded a return of 5%.
  7. A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return. countable,uncountable
    — Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year.
  8. A carriage return character. countable,uncountable
  9. The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure. countable,uncountable
  10. A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure. countable,uncountable
  11. A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant). countable,uncountable
    — The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.
  12. A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine. countable,uncountable
  13. The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team. countable,uncountable
  14. A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket. countable,uncountable
  15. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower. countable,uncountable
  16. 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. countable,uncountable
    — A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
动词 v.
  1. To come or go back (to a place or person). intransitive
    — Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
  2. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. intransitive
    — To return to my story[…]
  3. To recur; to come again. intransitive
    — Winter returns every year.
  4. To turn back, retreat. intransitive,obsolete
    — ‘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.’
  5. To turn (something) round. obsolete,transitive
    — Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.
  6. To place or put back something where it had been. transitive
    — Please return your hands to your lap.
  7. To give something back to its original holder or owner. transitive
    — You should return the library book within one month.
  8. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
    — […]the Lord ſhall returne thy wickedneſſe vpon thine owne head.
  9. To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call). transitive
    — Hello, I’m just returning your call. What did you want to talk about?
  10. To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund. transitive
    — 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.
  11. 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.
  12. To play a card as a result of another player’s lead.
    — If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.
  13. To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
  14. To say in reply; to respond. transitive
    — to return an answer;  to return thanks;  “Do it yourself!” she returned.
  15. To relinquish control to the calling procedure. intransitive
  16. To pass (data) back to the calling procedure. transitive
    — This function returns the number of files in the directory.
  17. To retort; to throw back. dated,transitive
    — to return the lie
  18. To report, or bring back and make known. transitive
    — to return the result of an election
  19. To elect to a certain office. Commonwealth,broadly,dated
    — he was returned as a Member of Parliament
  20. To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.

词形变化

returns present,singular,third-person returning participle,present returned participle,past returned past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template return infinitive return first-person,present,singular returned first-person,past,singular return present,second-person,singular returnest archaic,present,second-person,singular returned past,second-person,singular returnedst archaic,past,second-person,singular returns present,singular,third-person returneth archaic,present,singular,third-person returned past,singular,third-person return plural,present returned past,plural return present,subjunctive returned past,subjunctive return imperative,present - imperative,past returning participle,present returned participle,past returne alternative,obsolete returns plural returne alternative,obsolete

词源

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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