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rote 機械性的背誦,反復,死記硬背. ... Rote \Rote\, n. A root. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 來源(3): The Coll...

n. routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure. Idioms: by rote, from memory, w...

KK[rot]; DJ[rəut]. 美式. n.[U]. 死記硬背；機械的作法；生搬硬套. Dr.eye 譯典通. rote. 機械性的背誦,反復,死記硬背. PyDict. by rote.

: the act of repeating over and over often without attention to meaning I learned the poem by rot...

Another way rote is used, is to refer to knowing something so well that you can recite it from me...