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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)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.
(not comparable)Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
He selected reverse gear.
- 3.
(not comparable)(rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- 4.
(not comparable)Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- 5.
(not comparable)(botany) Reversed.
a reverse shell
- 6.
(not comparable)(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(archaic, not comparable)(now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.
Danh từ
noun- 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.
- 3.
A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- 4.
(numismatics) The 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!
Đồng nghĩa: reverse gear
- 7.
A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- 8.
(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- 9.
(graph theory) Synonym of transpose.
Đồng nghĩa: transpose
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)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.
(transitive)To turn something inside out or upside down.
- 3.
(transitive)To transpose the positions of two things.
- 4.
(transitive)To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
All trends reverse eventually.
- 5.
(intransitive, obsolete)To return, come back.
- 6.
(obsolete, transitive)To turn away; to cause to depart.
- 7.
(obsolete, transitive)To cause to return; to recall.
- 8.
(law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
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(ergative)(ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.
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(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
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(transitive)(rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
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(intransitive)(rail transport, intransitive, of points) To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
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ine-pro From Middle English revers, from revers, Middle French revers, and their source, Latin reversus, perfect passive participle of reversō, from re- + versō. revers.