return: [14] The origins of return are in Vulgar Latin. There, Latin tornāre (source of English turn), which originally meant ‘turn on a lathe’, was combined with the prefix re- ‘back’ to produce *retornāre ‘turn back’, which passed via Old French retorner into English as return. => turn
return (v.)
early 14c., "to come back, come or go back to a former position" (intransitive), from Old French retorner "turn back, turn round, return" (Modern French retourner), from re- "back" (see re-) + torner "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Transitive sense of "report officially" is early 15c.; "to send back" is mid-15c.; that of "to turn back" is from c. 1500. Meaning "to give in repayment" is 1590s; that of "give back, restore" c. 1600. Related: Returned; returning.
return (n.)
late 14c., "act of coming back," also "official report of election results," from Anglo-French retorn, Old French retorne, verbal noun from retorner (see return (v.)). In ball games from 1833; specifically in tennis from 1886. Meaning "a yield, a profit" is recorded from 1620s. Meaning "a thing sent back" is from 1875. Many happy returns of the day was used by Addison (1716). Mailing return address attested from 1884.
双语例句
1. I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.
我会回去，找到你，爱你，娶你，活的光明正大。《赎罪》
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. Ellery's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
埃勒里的归来可以驱散一些抑郁的情绪。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Return the enclosed Donation Form today in the prepaid envelope provided.
请于今日将随函附上的捐款表格用所提供的邮资预付的信封寄回。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.
福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。
来自柯林斯例句
5. They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists.
