repetition

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. countable,uncountable
    — How we hope and believe each day will be our last of anxious waiting! The post comes in, and there is no letter for us. How bitter is the disappointment! and on every repetition it grows more acute.
  2. The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To petition again.
    — The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

词形变化

repetitions plural repetitions present,singular,third-person repetitioning participle,present repetitioned participle,past repetitioned past re-petition alternative

词汇关系

近义词
reiteration repetition reprise
衍生词
nonrepetition overrepetition pulse repetition time repetitional repetitionary repetitionless repetition time spaced repetition
相关词
repetitious have seen this movie
部分词
clatter reoccurrence

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio. By surface analysis, repeat + -ition.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English petition
English repetition
From re- + petition.
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