register
verb
uk/ˈredʒ.ɪ.stər/us/ˈredʒ.ə.stɚ/registerverb(PUT ON LIST)
B1[IorT]
to putinformation,especiallyyourname, into anofficiallistorrecord:
（尤指把姓名）登记，注册，记录I registered thecarin myname.我把车登记在我的名下。
Within twoweeksofarrivalallforeignershad to registerwiththelocalpolice.所有外国人在到达后两周内必须在当地警察局登记。
Students have to registerforthe newcourseby the end ofApril.选修这门新课程的学生必须在4月底之前注册。
- They always registertheirshipsunder aflagofconvenience.
- Ships were registeredabroadtocircumventemploymentandsafetyregulations.
- Increasingly, theunmarriedfatherof achildinEuroperegisters hispaternityat the baby'sbirth.
- You will needproofofidentityto register at thelibrary.
- Customers who register on-line willreceivea tenpercentdiscount.
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- tab
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
registerverb(SHOW)
C2[IorT]
torecord, show, orexpresssomething:
显示；指示；表达TheGeigercounterregistered adangerouslevelofradioactivity.盖革计数器显示辐射强度达到了危险级别。
Theearthquakewas toosmallto registerontheRichterscale.地震太弱了，无法用里氏震级显示。
formalHisfaceregisteredextremedisapprovalof what he hadwitnessed.他的神情显示出他对所看到的一切极不赞成。
Measuring & weighing
- cost-of-living index
- decibel
- gage
- life-size
- measure
- measuresomethingout
- measure up
- measurement
- non-quantitative
- pacesomethingoff/out
- pinhole
- planimetric
- proof
- quantifiable
- quantification
- RBC
- rise
- shortish
- survey
- telemetry
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Showing and demonstrating
registerverb(REALIZE)
[IorT]informal
If something registers, someonerealizesit and if someone registers something, theyrealizeit:
（事物）受到注意，被意识到；（人）注意到，意识到I didmentiontheaddressbut I'm notsurethat it registered (withhim).我确实提到过地址，但是（他）听没听进去，我就没有把握了。
Iscarcelyregistered thefactthat he was there.我几乎没有注意到他在那儿。
Apparent and obvious
- (from) underyournoseidiom
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose onyourfaceidiom
- be (right) underyournoseidiom
- be etchedsomewhereidiom
- be writ largeidiom
- foregone conclusion
- glaring
- glaringly
- I need hardlydo somethingidiom
- in plain sightidiom
- obtrude
- overt
- overtly
- palpable
- palpably
- parallax
- squeaky
- stand/stick out a mileidiom
- writ
registerverb(MAIL)
[T]
If you register aletterorparcel, yousendit using aspecialpostalservice, so that it will bedealtwith in aspecialway and not belost:
挂号邮寄a registeredletter挂号信
Delivering and despatching
- air bridge
- air corridor
- air-dash
- box scheme
- consign
- courier
- dispatch
- drop off
- misaddress
- misdirect
- misdirection
- misroute
- sendsomethingoff
- sendsomethingon
- sendsomethingout
- ship
- shipment
- shoot
- truck
register
noun
uk/ˈredʒ.ɪ.stər/us/ˈredʒ.ə.stɚ/registernoun(LIST)
[C]
abookorrecordcontainingalistofnames:
花名册；登记簿；注册表Guests writetheirnamesin the (hotel) register.客人们在（旅馆）登记簿上登记。
Isyournameon the registerofvoters?选民册上有你的名字吗？
[C]
abookused torecordif achildispresentatschool:
学校点名册If achildisabsent, theteachernotesit down in the (class) register.如果哪个孩子没有来，老师会在（班级）点名册上记下来。
[U]
inschool, theperiodat thestartof themorningandafternoonwhen ateacherrecordson anofficiallistthatchildrenarepresent
（老师在上、下午开始时对学生的）点名登记Lists and catalogues
- agenda
- archivist
- bibliographical
- birthday honours
- bucket list
- glycaemic index
- hit list
- honor roll
- honours list
- indices
- questionnaire
- recital
- roll of honour
- roster
- rota
- the White Pages
- waiting list
- wedding list
- whitelist
- wish list
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Schools in general
registernoun(LANGUAGE STYLE)
C1[CorU]languagespecialized
thestyleoflanguage,grammar, and words used forparticularsituations:
语域，语体风格Peoplechattingat apartywill usually betalkingin (an)informalregister.人们在聚会上聊天通常都是用非正式语体。
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- oxymoron
- parallelism
- philological
- philology
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
registernoun(SOUNDS)
[C]
all thenotesthat amusicalinstrumentor a person'svoicecanproduce, from thehighestto thelowest:
（乐器或人的）音区，声区musicwrittenmainlyfor thelower/higherregister of theclarinet主要为单簧管低／高音区演奏而谱的乐曲
Notes of the musical scale
- A, a
- B, b
- bass
- C, c
- D, d
- doh
- flat
- half step
- high doh
- la
- lah
- major
- mi
- middle C
- re
- scale
- semitone
- soh
- sol
- sol-fa
registernoun(MONEY)
[C]mainlyUS(UKusuallytill)
thedrawerin acashregister(= amachinewhichrecordssalesin ashop, and in whichmoneyiskept)or thecashregister itself:
收款机Nexttimeyou have the registeropen, could you give me somechange?你下次打开收银机时，给我些零钱好吗？
Ithinktheseitemshave beenrungupwronglyonthe register.我想这些商品在收银机上记错了。
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Grammar
Register
We use the term ‘register’ to refer to particular varieties or styles of speaking and writing. Registers vary because the language is used for different purposes, in different contexts and for different audiences. For example, there is a legal register, a register of advertising, registers of banking and a register of weather forecasting. We commonly recognise registers because of their specialised vocabulary but also because of particular uses of grammar. We also use the term register to refer to whether language is being used formally or informally:…