rebound

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re·bound1 /rɪˈbaʊnd/ verb  1  [intransitive]HIT/BUMP INTO if a ball or other moving object rebounds, it moves quickly back away from something it has just hit 〔球或其他运动物体〕弹回，反弹，跳回 → ricochetrebound off His shot on goal rebounded off the post. 他的射门被球门柱弹出。2  [intransitive]BFINCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT if prices, values etc rebound, they increase again after decreasing 〔价格、价值等下跌后〕回升，反弹 SYN recover Share prices rebounded today after last week’s losses. 股票价格在上周下跌之后，今天出现了反弹。3. [intransitive, transitive]DSB to catch a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a point 抢（篮板球）4.rebound on/upon somebody phrasal verb HARM/BE BAD FORif something bad or unpleasant you have done rebounds on you, it has a bad effect on you 使自食恶果，使自作自受 SYN backfire→ See Verb table

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rebound• Summers caught the ball as it hit the wall and rebounded.• We win playing a certain way, and you have to defend and rebound.• He led the Eagles in scoring and rebounding for each of his four years.• Although your skin might feel a bit taut after washing, the skin oils rebound in about the same time, too.• Electrons move around quickly, hitting and then rebounding off each other.• There is a process of segregation which can rebound on the marriage.• When you factor in their offensive rebounding, they shot 70 percent.• Springs shares fell as much as 1 1 / 8 before rebounding to 39 5 / 8, up 1 / 8.• It ran over the cloth, hit the brass base of the lamp, rebounded, wavered, fell.rebound off• The ball rebounded off the wall and I caught it.

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re·bound2 /ˈriːbaʊnd/ noun  1  on the rebound a) RELATIONSHIPsomeone who is on the rebound is upset or confused because their romantic relationship has just ended 〔因失恋而〕处于情绪波动的状态 He first met me when I was on the rebound, after splitting up with Mark. 他第一次遇见我时，我刚和马克分手，心灰意冷。 b) DSa ball that is on the rebound has just hit something and is moving back through the air 〔球〕在回弹中 I caught the ball on the rebound. 我接住了弹回的球。 c) something that is on the rebound is starting to increase or improve again 在反弹；在回升 The market seems to be on the rebound. 市场好像在反弹。2. [countable] technicalDSB an act of catching a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a point 抢篮板球

Examples from the Corpus

rebound• Hakeem Olajuwon had 22 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, but nobody else had more than 13 for the Rockets.• Corie Blount suffered a mildly sprained right ankle after his awkward landing following a defensive rebound.• Clyde Drexler had 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while Hakeem Olajuwon had 26 points and 16 rebounds.• And then you're going up again on a surprisingly gentle rebound.• He played only 13 minutes and finished with two points and one rebound.• My best basketball is not based on on how many points, rebounds or assists I get.• His shot was blocked by goalkeeper Milton Flores, but the rebound came right to Caio, who poked it in.• The home fans were relieved to see the rebound strike defender Kay and cannon over the crossbar.From Longman Business Dictionaryreboundre‧bound /rɪˈbaʊnd/ verb [intransitive] to increase or grow again after decreasingsigns that the economy will rebound next yearStock prices rebounded from Wednesday’s steep slide. —rebound noun [countable]He forecasts a strong rebound in oil prices.→ See Verb table

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re‧bound¹ /rɪˈbaʊnd/ verb
1. [intransitive] if a ball or other moving object rebounds, it moves quickly back away from something it has just hit ⇨ ricochet
    rebound off
    His shot on goal rebounded off the post.
2. [intransitive] if prices, values etc rebound, they increase again after decreasing
   SYN  recover:
    Share prices rebounded today after last week’s losses.
3. [intransitive and transitive] to catch a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a point
     
rebound on/upon somebody phrasal verb
  if something bad or unpleasant you have done rebounds on you, it has a bad effect on you
   SYN  backfire

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re‧bound² /ˈriːbaʊnd/ noun
1. on the rebound
  a. someone who is on the rebound is upset or confused because their romantic relationship has just ended:
    He first met me when I was on the rebound, after splitting up with Mark.
  b. a ball that is on the rebound has just hit something and is moving back through the air:
    I caught the ball on the rebound.
  c. something that is on the rebound is starting to increase or improve again:
    The market seems to be on the rebound.
2. [countable] technical an act of catching a basketball after a player has tried but failed to get a point