register

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n. 登記表；聲區(qū)；語體風(fēng)格；調(diào)風(fēng)口；現(xiàn)金收入記錄機(jī)；學(xué)校點名冊；（老師對學(xué)生的）點名登記；登記員；登記注冊；套準(zhǔn)
v. 登記；（旅館）登記住宿；掛號郵寄；表達(dá)（意見或情感）；顯示（讀數(shù)）
n. (Register) （美）雷吉斯特（人名）

14世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自中世紀(jì)拉丁語的registrum；最初源自拉丁語的regerere： re (回） + gerere (背，取），意為取回。

adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
registered：注冊的；記名的；登記過的；（家畜等）附有血統(tǒng)證明的。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
registration：登記；注冊；掛號。
registry：注冊；登記處；掛號處；船舶的國籍。
registrar：登記員；注冊主任；?？谱≡横t(yī)師。
registrant：登記者。

register作動詞指“掛號”時，動詞主語可用寄信人或郵局職員。I want to register this letter.
“have this letter registered”，registered屬于被動語態(tài)，表示”使這信被掛號；
register作動詞表示“登記，注冊”時，后跟介詞with。All the local newspapers should be registered with the municipal authorities. 所有地方性報紙都應(yīng)到市政部門注冊登記。
register作動詞還可以指“表示”。Let me register my admiration for your work. 請允許我對你的工作表示贊賞。
register office指“登記處”，在英式英語的口語中還經(jīng)常使用registry office。

He told me he was married but I'm afraid it didn't register.
他告訴我他已經(jīng)結(jié)婚了,不過我想當(dāng)時我并未把這事記在心上。

In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters.
從前,只有有財產(chǎn)的人才能登記作選民。

(PUT ON LIST) to put information, especially your name, into an official list or record
(SHOW) to record, show, or express something
(REALIZE) If something registers, someone realizes it and if someone registers something, they realize it.
(MAIL) If you register a letter or parcel, you send it using a special postal service, so that it will be dealt with in a special way and not be lost.
(LIST) a book or record containing a list of names
(LANGUAGE STYLE) the style of language, grammar, and words used for particular situations
(SOUNDS) all the notes that a musical instrument or a person's voice can produce, from the highest to the lowest
(MONEY) the drawer in a cash register (= a machine which records sales in a shop, and in which money is kept) or the cash register itself

A register is an official list or record of people or things.
If you register to do something, you put your name on an official list, in order to be able to do that thing or to receive a service.
If you register something, such as the name of a person who has just died or information about something you own, you have these facts recorded on an official list.
When something registers on a scale or measuring instrument, it shows on the scale or instrument.
If you register your feelings or opinions about something, you do something that makes them clear to other people.
If a feeling registers on someone's face, their expression shows clearly that they have that feeling.
If a piece of information does not register or if you do not register it, you do not really pay attention to it, and so you do not remember it or react to it.
&rarrsee also cash register