recount
verb[T]
formaluk/rɪˈkaʊnt/us/rɪˈkaʊnt/recountverb[T](DESCRIBE)
todescribehow somethinghappened, or totellastory:
讲述;叙述;描述He recounted hisadventuressince he hadlefthome.他讲述了离家以后的很多奇遇。
[+ question word]He wasfondof recountinghowhe hadplayedprofessionalfootballwhen he was 19.他对自己19岁时在职业队踢球的经历津津乐道。
to tell someone something
- tellMy friend told me you were looking for me.
- let someone knowLet me know if you'd like to come.
- giveCan you give the message to Jo?
- communicateA 60-second TV commercial isn't always the best way to communicate a complex medical message.
- informThe relatives of the injured have been informed of the accident.
- notifyThe school has to notify parents if their children do not arrive at school.
Describing & telling stories
- dream sequence
- griot
- narrate
- narrative
- narrator
- non-narrative
- omniscient narrator
- paint a picture (of something)idiom
- personalize
- personification
- personify
- recitation
- recite
- relate
- retell
- self-report
- spin
- storyteller
- storytelling
- teller