c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
園藝植物有時會恢復其原來的野生形態.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
返回岸上后，救生衣就會癟掉，恢復成背帶狀。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
他們將回歸到用老方法耕地。
來自辭典例句
4. Must he revert to Ellen always?
難道他非提到母親不行?
來自飄（部分）
5. Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.