reverseadj詞源 1/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

• 1

  Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.

  • We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter.
  • The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene.
• 2

  Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

  • He selected reverse gear.
• 3

  rail-transportrailwaystransportTo be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

• 4

  Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

• 5

  biologybotanynatural-sciencesReversed.

  • a reverse shell
• 6

  biologygeneticsmedicineIn which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

reverseadv詞源 1/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

• 1

  archaicIn a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.

  • The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.

reversenoun詞源 1/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

• 1

  The opposite of something.

  • Division is the reverse of multiplication.
  • The Sun doesn't orbit the Earth—quite the reverse, in fact.
• 2

  The act of going backwards; a reversal.

  • By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
• 3

  A piece of misfortune; a setback.

  • And the cold truth such sad reverse did seem As to awake in grief from some delightful dream.
  • Simon Forman was notorious in his day, and was a many of many reverses.
• 4

  hobbieslifestylenumismaticsThe tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

• 5

  The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

• 6

  The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.)

  • I shifted into reverse and was just about to back up when our silly cat walked behind the car! Honk honk, kitty! Get out of there!
• 7

  A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

  • but first , master see thee pass thy punto , thy stock , thy reverse , thy guest
• 8

  medicinesciencessurgeryA turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

reverseverb詞源 2/ɹɪˈvɜːs/

• 1

  To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.

  • to reverse the order of books on a shelf
  • to reverse a portion of video footage
• 2

  To turn something inside out or upside down.

  • A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
• 3

  To transpose the positions of two things.

• 4

  To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

  • All trends reverse eventually.
  • Reverse the doom of death.
• 5

  obsoleteTo return, come back.

  • Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
• 6

  obsoleteTo turn away; to cause to depart.

  • And that old dame said many an idle verse, / Out of her daughter's heart fond fancies to reverse.
• 7

  obsoleteTo cause to return; to recall.

  • And to his fresh remembrance did reverse / The ugly view of his deformd crimes.
• 8

  lawTo revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

  • to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
  • From March 30, LNER was running around 40% of its trains and had suspended its Aberdeen, Inverness and Hull services, although it reversed the latter decision after Hull Trains suspended operations.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• reverse-engineer