/rɪˈvɜ:s ||; rɪˈvɝs/verb1 [T] to put sth in the opposite position to normal or to how it was before 使倒置；使对调: Today's results have reversed the order of the top two teams. 今天的比赛结果使为首的两队排名对调。
2 [T] to exchange the positions or functions of two things or people 使位置或功能对调: Jane and her husband have reversed roles -- he stays at home now and she goes to work. 简和她的丈夫调换了角色─现在他留在家里，她出去工作。
3 [I,T] to go backwards in a car, etc; to make a car go backwards （使车等）后退；倒（车）: It will probably be easier to reverse into that parking space. 把车倒进那个停车位大概会容易一点。He reversed his brand-new car into a wall. 他把新买的汽车往后撞到墙上去了。
reverse (the) charges (
Brit 英) to make a telephone call that will be paid for by the person who receives it 由接电话的人付电话费:
Phone us when you get there, and reverse the charges. 你到达时打电话给我们，电话费由我们支付。a reverse charge call 受话方付费电话 The American English expression is to call collect. 美国用语为call collect。