rehearse

verb
🔊/rɪˈhɜːs/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rehearse
🔊/rɪˈhɜːs/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrs/
he / she / it rehearses
🔊/rɪˈhɜːsɪz/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrsɪz/
past simple rehearsed
🔊/rɪˈhɜːst/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrst/
past participle rehearsed
🔊/rɪˈhɜːst/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrst/
-ing form rehearsing
🔊/rɪˈhɜːsɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈhɜːrsɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to practise or make people practise a play, piece of music, etc. in preparation for a public performance排练;排演
    • rehearse (for something) 排练We were given only two weeks to rehearse.只给了我们两个星期排练。🔊🔊
    • We're rehearsing for the show.我们正在为演出进行排练。
    • rehearse something/somebody Today, we'll just be rehearsing the final scene.今天,我们只排演最后一幕。🔊🔊
    • The actors were poorly rehearsed.演员排练得不够。🔊🔊
    Topics Film and theatreb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • mentally
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • well rehearsed
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] to prepare in your mind or practise privately what you are going to do or say to somebody默诵;背诵;默默地练习
    • rehearse something She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.她一边走一边默诵着她迟到的托辞。🔊🔊
    • He had his speech well rehearsed.他反复练习演讲稿。
    • rehearse what, how, etc… She mentally rehearsed what she would say to Jeff.她心里默诵着要对杰夫说的话。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • mentally
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • well rehearsed
    See full entry
  3. [transitive] rehearse something (formal, usually disapproving) to repeat ideas or opinions that have often been expressed before照搬;重复Topics Opinion and argumentc2
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse ‘harrow’ (see hearse).