retell
UK/ri:'tel/US
B1
Definitions
v.
To tell a story or account again, often in a new or different way.
重新讲述，复述（常以新的方式）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedre- (again) + tell (narrate) = 'to tell again.' Almost always implies reshaping rather than word-for-word repetition: a myth retold for a new audience, a story retold in your own words.
Root tell still carries 4 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.retell a story复述故事
- 2.retell in one's own words用自己的话复述
- 3.retell a tale重述一个故事
- 4.retell from memory凭记忆复述
Example Sentences
- 1.
Each generation retells the legend with small changes of its own.
- 2.
Can you retell the plot in your own words for the class?
- 3.
The film retells a familiar fairy tale from the villain's point of view.