reg‧u‧lar 1 S2 W2 / reɡjələ, reɡjʊlə $ -ər / 形容词

1 every hour/day/week etc happening every hour, every week, every month etc, usually with the same amount of time in between 反义词 irregular :

The company holds regular meetings with employees.

His breathing was slow and regular.

Trains will run at regular intervals from 11am to 4pm.

We hear from him on a regular basis .

He phones us every Sunday at six, regular as clockwork (= always at the same time ) .

a regular job (= a job that you do during normal working hours )

2 often [仅用于名词前] happening or doing something very often 反义词 irregular :

a regular occurrence

Regular exercise helps keep your weight down.

regular customer/visitor

He’s one of the bar’s regular customers.

Penn Station was in regular use (= people used it often ) until the 1960s.

3 usual [仅用于名词前] especially American English normal or usual :

He has returned to his regular duties.

Our regular opening hours are 10am to 7pm.

4 equal distance with the same amount of space between each thing and the next 反义词 irregular :

The pipes were placed at regular intervals .

a carpet with a regular pattern of flowers

5 ordinary especially American English ordinary, without any special feature or qualities :

a regular type of guy

6 normal size [仅用于名词前] especially American English of a normal or standard size :

a regular Coke

7 shape evenly shaped with parts or sides of equal size :

a regular hexagon

He’s very handsome, with strong regular features (= an evenly shaped face ) .

8 grammar technical a regular 动词 changes its forms in the same way as most 动词 , for example its past tense and past participle end in ‘ed’. The 动词 ‘dance’ is regular, but the 动词 ‘be’ is not. 反义词 irregular

9 emphasizing [仅用于名词前] British English informal used to emphasize what you think someone is like 同义词 real :

He’s a regular little dictator!

10 regular army/troops/soldier a regular army etc is permanent, and exists whether there is a war or not

11 be/keep regular informal

a) to get rid of waste from your bowel s often enough to be healthy

b) a woman who is regular has her menstrual period at the same time each month