reminisce

verb
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪs/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪs/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they reminisce
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪs/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪs/
he / she / it reminisces
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪsɪz/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪsɪz/
past simple reminisced
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪst/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪst/
past participle reminisced
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪst/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪst/
-ing form reminiscing
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪsɪŋ/
🔊/ˌremɪˈnɪsɪŋ/
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  1. reminisce (about something/somebody) to think, talk or write about a happy time in your past回忆,追忆,缅怀(昔日的快乐时光)
    • We spent a happy evening reminiscing about the past.我们一晚上回忆往事,感到很愉快。🔊🔊
    Topics Life stagesc1
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: back-formation from reminiscence.