vi.

1. 回，返回，归[（+to/from）]
   She did not return home till eleven o'clock.

   她十一点钟才回家。

2. 重新发生；回复，恢复[（+to）]
   The situation has returned to normal in the capital.

   首都的局势已恢复正常。

3. 归还，退回[（+to）]
4. 回答；反驳

vt.

1. 还，归还；送回[（+to）][O1]
   Have you returned the novel to the library?

   那本小说你还给图书馆了吗？

2. 回答，回报；报答
   We decided to return blow for blow.

   我们决定以牙还牙。

3. 选举，选出[（+to）]
4. 【律】（陪审团）正式宣布（裁决）
5. 获得，产生（利润等）
   The performance returned $2,000 over expenses.

   这场演出除去开支赢余二千美元。

6. 报告；申报
7. 反射（光、声等）
8. 回答说；反驳道

n.

1. 回，归，返回[C][U][（+from/to）]
   On his return he reported his findings to the committee.

   他一回来就向委员会报告调查结果。

2. 还，归还[U]
3. 回答；报答[U][C]
   He expected no return when he decided to give us full support.

   他决定全力支持我们时并无图报之意。

4. 回复；复发；恢复；再现[U][C]
   She had a return of the heart attacks.

   她心脏病又发作了。

5. 收益，利润；利息[P1]
6. 报告书；申报；报表[C]
7. 【英】来回票[C]
8. 退货[P]

a.

1. 返回的，回程的；来回的
2. 报答的；回报的
   The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.

   教授回访了美国同行。

3. 返回的，折回的

v.

1. come or go back to a place.
   ▸ (return to) go back to (a state or situation).
   ▸(especially of a feeling) come back after a period of absence.
   ▸Golf  play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes.
2. give or send back or put back in place.
   ▸feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response.
   ▸(in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent.
   ▸American Football  intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball.
3. yield or make (a profit).
4. (of a judge or jury) state or present (a decision or verdict) in response to a formal request.
5. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office.
6. Bridge  lead (a card) after taking a trick.
7. Architecture  continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.

n.

1. an act or the action of returning.
   ▸ (also return match or game) a second contest between the same opponents.
   ▸a thing which has been returned, especially an unwanted ticket for an event.
2. (also return ticket) Brit. a ticket allowing travel to a place and back again.
3. (also returns) a profit from an investment.
4. an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
   census returns.
   ▸Law  an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
5. (also carriage return) a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line.
   ▸ (also return key) a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return.
6. an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
7. Architecture  a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.