【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】
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
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
burn v. 燃烧；烧毁；烧坏；烧伤 n.烧伤，烧痕
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
【单词例句】
◇ He slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned. And Little Red Cap returned home happily, and no one harmed her.
它从屋顶上滑了下来，正好落在大石槽中，淹死了。小红帽高高兴兴地回了家，从此再也没有谁伤害过她。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ But the young princess would not listen to the frog's croaking. She ran to the palace as fast as she could, and soon forgot the poor frog. So the frog returned to the fountain and remained there.
但是这位年轻的公主根本不理青蛙的叫声。她尽快地跑回皇宫，不久就把那可怜的青蛙忘记了。于是青蛙返回喷水池旁并待在那儿。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ And this sleep spread throughout the entire castle. The king and queen, who had just returned home, walked into the hall and began falling asleep, and all of their attendants as well.
接着，这种沉睡扩散到整个城堡。国王和王后正在这时回来了，他们刚走进大厅也跟着睡着了；
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.
结果，他只好回家来，心中很不快活，因为他是那么渴望着得到一位真正的公主。
---- The Real Princess
◇ The whole week she was unhappy, and wept many bitter tears; but when Sunday returned, she said, "Well, now I have suffered and struggled enough! I really believe I am as good as many a one who sits in the church, and holds her head so high!"
她悲哀地过了整整一个星期，流了许多伤心的眼泪。不过当星期日到来的时候，她说："唉，我受苦和斗争已经够久了！我想我现在跟教堂里那些昂着头的人没有什么两样！"
---- The Red Shoes
◇ 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。
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ "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
◇ 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