【return音标】 英[rɪˈtɜ:n] 美[rɪˈtɜ:rn]
【单词释义】 return是什么意思：
v.回转，返回；复发，又来；退还；言归正传
n.返回；恢复；归还；归来，返乡；来回，汇成；赢利；统计表
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] returns [第三人称单数] returns
[单词现在分词] returning
[单词过去式] returned
[单词过去分词] returned
【return形近词/近似词】
overturn n.推翻，垮台；灭亡，毁灭 v.（使）翻倒；颠覆；推翻；撤销
turn v.旋转；转动；翻转；扭转 n.转动，旋转
adjourn v. （使）休会，（使）休庭；延期；推迟
spurn v.蔑视；唾弃；轻视地拒绝 n.拒绝；藐视；唾弃
mourn v.哀痛；哀悼
churn n. 搅乳桶；(制作黄油的)搅乳器 v. 搅拌；制造（奶油等）；恶心，反胃；(使)剧烈翻腾；（使）感到不安，心烦意乱
burn v. 燃烧；烧毁；烧坏；烧伤 n.烧伤，烧痕
【单词例句】
◇ Iate in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.
黄昏时分,他在遥远的西海结束了旅行,然后就乘上金船返回东方的家中。
---- Apollo
◇ They returned to the king to tell him about their betrothed.
三个王子回来向国王禀告了自己找到的未婚妻的情况。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ The miller was frightened and did what he was told. The next morning the devil returned, but she had wept into her hands, and they were entirely clean.
磨房主害怕，只得照办。第二天，恶魔又来了。可姑娘的泪水把她的手沖得十分乾净。
---- The Girl without Hands (I)
◇ When the king read this letter he was frightened and saddened, but nevertheless he wrote an answer that they should take good care of the queen until his return.
国王收到信后十分震惊，而且百思不得其解。他回信要大家仍悉心照料王后，一切等他回来再说。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ When they did not return the father grew impatient, and said, "They have forgotten what they went after because they were playing, those godless boys."
此时，父亲正心急火燎的地等着他们把水提来，见他们去了很久还没有回来，就说道：“他们一定是闹着玩把这事给忘了。”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. "Come and play with me." The tree said. "I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?"
一天，男孩回来了，树非常兴奋。“来和我玩吧。”树说。“我没有时间玩。我得为我的家庭工作。我们需要一个房子来遮风挡雨，你能帮我吗？”
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ "The trial was definitely more pressurised than I would ever have expected. But now I am nervous about when it ends. I don't know anyone who wants to return to the old routine."
“试验期间的工作压力肯定比我预计的更大。但现在我担心的是试行期结束了该怎么办。我认为没有人想回到过去那种工作制。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ NASA officials also said opening the door to private enterprise gives the agency more room to focus on the Trump administration's goal of returning to the moon by 2024, which could be fueled in part by revenue generated from new commercial services and paying astronauts.
美国国家航空航天局的官员还表示，向私营企业敞开大门使其更有能力完成特朗普政府提出的美国2024年重返月球的计划，新的商业服务和太空旅行者方面的收入也可为实现这一计划提供部分资金来源。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ It is worth giving this brave maid a fortune in return.
这位女仆真是值得给予一大笔钱作为对她的回报。
---- A Brave Maid
◇ And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted with both colors and patterns. "Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign when he returned, "the cloth which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent."
因此他就把他完全没有看见的布称赞了一番，同时对他们说，他非常喜欢这些美丽的颜色和巧妙的花纹。“是的，那真是太美了，”他回去对皇帝说。