Rehearse



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 排练, 预演; 详述
• ［英］ v. 排练, 预演 ( practice in order to prepare for a public performance) ; 详述 ( tell fully)
• ［类］ 反义词: impromptu ( 即兴的) - carefully rehearsed ( 仔细排练的)
• ［同］ 派生词: rehearsal ( n. 排演, 排练)

Webster Collegiate

verb (rehearsed; rehearsing)

• Etymology: Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-French rehercer, from re- + hercer to harrow, from herce harrow — more at hearse
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to say again ; repeat
    • b. to recite aloud in a formal manner
  • 2. to present an account of ; relate <rehearse a familiar story>
  • 3. to recount in order ; enumerate <rehearsed their demands>
  • 4.
    • a. to give a rehearsal of
    • b. to train or make proficient by rehearsal
  • 5. to perform or practice as if in a rehearsal
• intransitive verb
  • to engage in a rehearsal
• ? rehearser noun

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