recites

英 [rɪˈsaɪts]

美 [rɪˈsaɪts]

v.  (尤指对听众)背诵，吟诵，朗诵; (口头)列举; 逐一讲述
recite的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 朗诵;背诵;朗读
  When someonerecitesa poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learned it.
  1. They recited poetry to one another.
     他们互相朗诵诗歌。
• VERB （大声）说出，细数，列举
  If yourecitesomething such as a list, you say it aloud.
  1. All he could do was recite a list of Government failings...
     他能做的只是列举政府的种种不是。
  2. She suddenly realized that Wim was reciting Kirk's telephone number.
     她突然意识到威姆正在念的是柯克的电话号码。

双语例句

• An actor in Elizabethan drama who recites the prologue and epilogue to a play and sometimes comments on the action.
  解说员在伊丽莎白戏剧中朗诵序言和尾声以及有时关于演出评论的演员。
• He recites as much of the poem as he can remember.
  他把诗中记得住的都背诵出来了。
• Do you see those strings on his legs? When you pull the right one, he recites the lords prayer, and when you pull on the left he recites the23rd Psalm.
  你看到在它脚上的绳子了吗？当你拉它右脚的时候，它会背诵祈祷文章，当你拉它左脚的时候，它会背诵第23张圣歌。
• Our waitress inquires whether we would like dessert and recites a list of natural choices: pumpkin pie, fresh fruit crunch, dairy-free mousse.
  我们的女侍者问我们是否想要些餐后甜点，并背出一些天然选择：南瓜派、鲜果汁、无奶慕思。
• Whenever John recites in class he seems to be playing to the gallery.
  每当约翰在课堂上背诵时就像等着人喝采似的。
• One of those elegant restaurants where the waiter recites the menu like a narrative poem.
  译文：有一家一流餐馆，它的侍者背菜谱就像一首叙事诗。
• What I like most is the poem that recites by john.
  我最喜欢的是由约翰背诵的诗。
• Consistent with the clich é s of the day, the general had a lascivious streak he foists sing-song girls on an American missionary but he remains a man of depths; he sweetly recites love poems and waxes philosophical to the heroine.
  如同当时的陈词滥调一样，这名军阀也有好色的品性，他蒙骗美国传教士的歌女，但他仍然是一个有深度的人，他也会温柔地朗诵爱情诗，或向女主角谈论哲学。
• I sent her a remarkable parrot that recites the entire Bible.
  我送她一只鹦鹉，会背诵圣经的。
• Their class also recites numbers, clothing items and weather conditions in a language that, to them, is about as foreign as it gets.
  他们班上的同学还用这门“外语”练习关于数字、服装和天气情况的说法。