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Reverse Turn French Latin Revers Revertere Back Revert

正面 3522.reverse
英 [rɪ'vɜːs]美 [rɪ'vɝs]

背面
释义:
n. 背面;相反;倒退;失败vt. 颠倒;倒转adj. 反面的;颠倒的;反身的vi. 倒退;逆叫
例句:
1. Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.埃米斯以倒叙的方式讲述了这个故事,从这个男人死去的时候开始讲起。

1、re- "back" + vers- + -e.2、该词来源于revert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。3、字面含义:turn back.4、一方面表示转到后面、转到背面,由此引申为:背面的,反面的;另一方面表示逆转、反转,由此引申为:反转的,逆转的,颠倒的;相反的,反向的。5、该词的动词含义来源于:revert的拉丁语对应词的反复体(反复动词:reversare),由此表示:颠倒,翻转;倒转,倒退,反向,逆转;推翻;撤销;调换。
reverse 颠倒,反转,翻转,反向的,相反的来自 revert,回转,-s,过去分词格。引申诸相关词义,词性也由形容词兼做名词和动词使用。
reversereverse: see versereverse (adj.)c. 1300, from Old French revers "reverse, cross, opposite" (13c.), from Latin reversus, past participle of revertere "turn back, turn about, come back, return" (see revert). Reverse angle in film-making is from 1934. Reverse discrimination is attested from 1962, American English.reverse (n.)mid-14c., "opposite or contrary" (of something), from reverse (adj.) or from Old French Related: revers "the opposite, reverse." Meaning "a defeat, a change of fortune" is from 1520s; meaning "back side of a coin" is from 1620s. Of gear-shifts in motor cars, from 1875. As a type of sports play (originally rugby) it is recorded from 1921.reverse (v.)early 14c. (transitive), "change, alter;" early 15c. (intransitive), "go backward," from Old French reverser "reverse, turn around; roll, turn up" (12c.), from Late Latin reversare "turn about, turn back," frequentative of Latin revertere (see revert). Related: Reversed; reversing."

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