1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]AMAP to practise or make people practise something such as a play or concert in order to prepare for a public performance (使)排练,(使)排演〔戏剧或音乐会等〕
I think we need to rehearse the first scene again.
2[transitiveT]PRACTISE/PRACTICE to practise something that you plan to say to someone 练习,演练〔讲话〕
She had carefully rehearsed her resignation speech.
她认真演练过辞职时要说的话。
3.[transitiveT] formalREPEAT to repeat an opinion that has often been expressed before 重复〔过去经常有人表达的观点〕
Examples from the Corpus
rehearse• To help this, she has insisted they be given more time to rehearse.• Already he was beginning to get roles in the ballets by Dulcie Howes which were being rehearsed.• They kept a lowprofile in Liverpool's AmazonStudio, rehearsing and working on new material.• The band has been rehearsing at the studio all day.• He is currently in New York rehearsing for "The Taming of the Shrew."• The camerapositions are rehearsed from time to time to present the on-set talent in the best possible light.• The director made us rehearse the opening scenes over and over.• They rehearsed the scene in her dressing room.• The arguments for and against cappingoffered in response to this question tended merely to rehearse those already discussed.• The company rehearsed Thursdays and Fridays for two shows dailyexcept Tuesdays.• Normspent the night before rehearsing what he'd say to the senator.
Originrehearse
(1200-1300)Old Frenchrehercier, from herce“farm tool for breaking up soil”; → HEARSE