late 14c., "to spring, leap," also "return to afflict" (early 15c.), from Old French rebondir "leap back, resound; repulse, push back," from re- "back" (see re-) + bondir "leap, bound" (see bound (v.)). Sense of "to spring back from force of impact" is recorded from late 14c. Sports use probably first in tennis; basketball sense is attested from 1914. Related: Rebounded; rebounding.
rebound (n.)
1520s, in reference to a ball, from rebound (v.). Sense in basketball from 1920 (from 1917 in ice hockey). Meaning "period of reaction or renewed activity after disturbance" is from 1570s.
雙語例句
1. The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.
抵押貸款利率最近的回升可能會扼殺房地產的復蘇。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Bad deeds , as well as good, may rebound upon the doer.
善有善報, 惡有惡報.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship.
他第一次吸食海洛因是在一次失戀之后的失意期。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She quarrelled with Paul and then married Peter on the rebound.
她和保羅爭吵后憤而嫁給了彼得.
來自辭典例句
5. His courageous words took his depressed supporters on the rebound.