| 单词 | in retrograde |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin retrograde b. in retrograde: in a backward direction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > backwards [phrase] on (rarely of), upon back1447 in retrograde1821 1821 D. Price Chronol. Retrospect vi. 276 This rapid movement in retrograde might afford grounds for the suspicion, that occurrences in advance did not terminate in a manner exactly to correspond with the views of Teymûr. 1854 G. W. Röhner Pract. Treat. Musical Composition iii. v. 246 The leading member of the canonic series commencing with the first section, continues with the second section in retrograde. 1870 J. S. McDonald Vital Philos. x. clxvi. 243 The reflective faculties..may be traced backward;..and thus, in retrograde, we find the entities of sentimental existence lost, or buried within the precincts of lower conditions. 1954 W. Faulkner Fable 5 For another instant, the cavalry held. And even then, it did not break. It just began to move in retrograde while still facing forward. 1996 D. J. Headlam Music of Alban Berg ii. 61 At the end of the movement..the opening chords return in retrograde. < as lemmas |
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