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Picture a movement that turns back to where it started — you walk out, then the line of your path curves around and comes back to the same spot. Everything in 'return' is this turning-back: a person coming back, a thing sent back, a feeling that comes around again, even money that flows back to you.

可以想成一條「折回原點」的移動：你走了出去，那條路線繞一圈又彎回到原來的地方。return 底下的每個意思都是這個「…更多收起可以想成一條「折回原點」的移動：你走了出去，那條路線繞一圈又彎回到原來的地方。return 底下的每個意思都是這個「折返」——人回來、東西送回、感覺再度繞回來、甚至錢流回到你手上。

原始詞典資料36 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

returnverb/ɹɪˈtɜːn/

  • 1

    To come or go back (to a place or person).

    • Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
    • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
  • 2

    To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

    • To return to my story[…]
  • 3

    To recur; to come again.

    • Winter returns every year.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo turn back, retreat.

    • ‘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

    obsoleteTo turn (something) round.

    • 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.

    • Please return your hands to your lap.
  • 7

    To give something back to its original holder or owner.

    • 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.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call, electronic message, etc.).

    • Hello, I’m just returning your call. What did you want to talk about?
    • I wrote to my ex-wife but she won't return my emails.
  • 10

    To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.

    • 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

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo 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

    card-gamesgamesTo play a card as a result of another player’s lead.

    • If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.
  • 13

    ball-gamescricketgamesTo 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.

    • to return an answer;  to return thanks;  “Do it yourself!” she returned.
    • “No!” returned the spy. “I throw up. I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death […]
  • 15

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo relinquish control to the calling procedure.

  • 16

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

    • This function returns the number of files in the directory.
  • 17

    datedTo retort; to throw back.

    • to return the lie
    • And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.
  • 18

    To report, or bring back and make known.

    • to return the result of an election
    • And all the people anſwered together, [...] and Moſes returned the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.
  • 19

    datedTo elect to a certain office.

    • he was returned as a Member of Parliament
  • 20

    fencinggovernmenthobbiesTo give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.

returnnoun/ɹɪˈtɜːn/

  • 1

    The act of returning.

    • I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.
    • I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station.
  • 2

    A return ticket.

    • Do you want a one-way or a return?
  • 3

    businessAn item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold
    • The other returns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.
  • 6

    Gain or loss from an investment.

    • It yielded a return of 5%.
    • from the few hours we spend in prayer and the exercises of a pious life, the return is great and profitable
  • 7

    businesseconomicsfinanceA report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.

    • Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year.
  • 8

    computingengineeringmathematicsA carriage return character.

另外 8 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

  • 10

    computingengineeringmathematicsA return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

  • 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).

    • The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.
  • 12

    businessminingA roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.

  • 13

    American-footballball-gamesfootballThe act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

  • 14

    ball-gamescricketgamesA throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

  • 15

    A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

  • 16

    architectureThe 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.

    • A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。