recoververb詞源 1/ɹɪˈkʌvə/

• 1

  To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

  • After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
  • For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
• 2

  To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).

  • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
  • Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track.
• 3

  To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

  • At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
  • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
• 4

  lawTo obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.

  • The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
• 5

  lawTo gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.

  • to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
  • to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
• 6

  obsoleteTo reach (a place), arrive at.

  • The forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that, we're sure enough.
  • But with much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch, having ſcarce a third part of them left, their horſes all dead, and themſelves ſcarce mounted on their legs, miſerably weak; as what the mercy of ſword, plague, and famine had pleaſed to ſpare.
• 7

  archaicTo restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.

  • The wine in my bottle will recover him.
  • And that they may recouer themſelues out of the ſnare of the deuill, who are taken captiue by him at his will.
• 8

  archaicTo make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.

  • to recover lost time
  • Even good men have […]many failings and lapses to lament and recover.

recovernoun詞源 1/ɹɪˈkʌvə/

• 1

  obsoleteRecovery.

  • It was neuer in my thoughte saide laūcelot to withholde the quene from my lord Arthur / but in soo moche she shold haue ben dede for my sake / me semeth it was my parte to saue her lyf and putte her from that daunger tyl better recouer myghte come / & now I thanke god sayd sir Launcelot that the pope hath made her pees
• 2

  governmentmilitarypoliticsA position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.

• 3

  datedThe forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).

recoververb詞源 2/ɹiːˈkʌvə/

• 1

  To cover again.

• 2

  businessconstructionmanufacturingTo add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.