英语词汇“retract”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

re·tract

(rĭ-trăkt)

v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts

v.tr.

1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement.

2. To draw back or in: a plane retracting its landing gear.

3. Linguistics

a. To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.

b. To draw back (the tongue).

v.intr.

1. To take something back or disavow it.

2. To draw back: a leash that retracts into a plastic case. See Synonyms at recede¹.

[Latin retractāre, to revoke, frequentative of retrahere, to draw back : re-, re- + trahere, to draw. V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten, from Old French retracter, from Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere.]

re·tract′a·bili·ty, re·tract′i·bili·ty n.

re·tracta·ble, re·tracti·ble adj.

re′trac·tation (rē′trăk-tāshən) n.

单词	retract
释义	re·tract (rĭ-trăkt) v. re·tract·ed, re·tract·ing, re·tracts v.tr. 1. To take back; disavow: refused to retract the statement. 2. To draw back or in: a plane retracting its landing gear. 3. Linguistics a. To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back. b. To draw back (the tongue). v.intr. 1. To take something back or disavow it. 2. To draw back: a leash that retracts into a plastic case. See Synonyms at recede¹. [Latin retractāre, to revoke, frequentative of retrahere, to draw back : re-, re- + trahere, to draw. V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten, from Old French retracter, from Latin retractus, past participle of retrahere.] re·tract′a·bili·ty, re·tract′i·bili·ty n. re·tracta·ble, re·tracti·ble adj. re′trac·tation (rē′trăk-tāshən) n.
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