recreation
recreation1
[ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
recreation2
[ˌriːkrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
[ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
- [mass noun]activity done for enjoyment when one is not working
娱乐，消遣
she rides for recreation.
她骑马消遣。
[as modifier]sport and recreation facilities.
运动和娱乐设施。
[count noun]his recreations included golf and rugby.
他的消遣活动包括高尔夫球和橄榄球。
- late Middle English (also in the sense 'mental or spiritual consolation'): via Old French from Latin recreatio(n-), from recreare 'create again, renew'
recreation2
[ˌriːkrɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
- [mass noun]the action or process of creating something again
再创造，再创建
the periodic destruction and recreation of the universe.
宇宙的周期性毁灭和再生。
■[count noun]a re-enactment or simulation of something
（事物）再创造；模拟
- early 16th cent.: from re-'again' + creation
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