late 14c., "restatement, repetition of the words of another," from rehearse + -al (2), or from Old French rehearsal "a repeating." Sense in theater and music, "act of rehearsing," is from 1570s. Pre-wedding rehearsal dinner attested by 1953.
权威例句
1. The sketch should be a kind of rehearsal for the eventual painting.
草图应该是最终绘画的某种演练。
2. The rehearsal studio is buzzing with lunchtime activity.
大家在吃午饭,排练室里很是嘈杂。
3. The rehearsal process also irked him increasingly.
排练过程也让他越来越厌烦。
4. to have a rehearsal
进行排练
5. I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.