recapture

in Vietnamese Lấy lại, chiếm lại

BrE /rɪˈkæp.tʃə/ AmE /rɪˈkæp.tʃə/

verb en → vi

past recaptured pp recaptured ing recapturing

1 RECAPTURE/CONQUER [transitive] B2

Lấy lại, chiếm lại

to capture or take back control of a place that was previously lost

  • recapture something

Collocations recapture territory · recapture a city

  • The army managed to recapture the town.

    Quân đội đã thành công trong việc chiếm lại thị trấn.

2 REMEMBER/RECALL [transitive] B1

Nhớ lại, hồi tưởng lại

to remember or recall something that you had forgotten about

  • recapture a memory

Collocations recapture childhood memories · recapture the feeling of freedom

  • She tried to recapture the happy moments from her past.

    Cô ấy cố gắng hồi tưởng lại những khoảnh khắc hạnh phúc trong quá khứ.