| 释义 |
retreative, a.|rɪˈtriːtɪv|
[f. retreat n. or v.1 + -ive.]
Pertaining to or suggestive of retreat; tending to withdraw.
1899B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana xix. 376 As they neared the brick house Harkless made out, through the trees, a retreative flutter of skirts on the porch. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Mar. 332/3 A melancholic, self-retreative, self-distrustful constitution. |