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单词 retraite
释义

retraiten.

Brit. /rəˈtrɛt/, U.S. /rəˈtrɛt/
Forms: 1800s rétraite, 1800s– retraite.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French retraite.
Etymology: < French retraite (see retreat n.).The same word was earlier borrowed as retreat n.; the present entry shows later reborrowing.
1. A backward movement; a receding. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1806 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 10 Science 78 Had this lava been melted in the crater, accompanied by an effervescence, and then a retraite, to which Spalanzani ascribes the formation of the pillars; it must have obeyed the laws of other fluids.
2. Chiefly in French contexts.
a. A place of seclusion and privacy; a secluded residence; = retreat n. 4b. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun]
wroa1300
recluse1474
reclusage1480
retreatc1500
retire1595
rendezvous1598
retirement1603
recess1611
shadea1616
Jericho1635
privacy1648
sequesterment1778
seclusion1791
retraite1814
backwater1820
hideaway1930
1814 Crit. Rev. Aug. 139 This petite maison however, was not the retraite of a woman of fashion: it was the bijou of a young banker.
1825 Hist. Paris from Earliest Period to Present Day II. ii. 3 It was round, and contained a chapel, a retraite, and several chambers and was ascended by a winding staircase.
1920 G. O'Donovan Conquest i. v. 61 There's the carpet bag that he used to take to the retraites with him..during Holy Week.
b. The state of being in seclusion, devoting oneself to prayer, study, or meditation; (also) a period spent in seclusion.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun]
privity?c1225
reclusionc1430
abstractionc1450
recess?1532
privacy1534
solitariousness1545
retirea1554
secess1570
privatenessa1586
retirednessa1586
retirement1603
secrecy1607
closeness1612
shadow1612
privatea1616
recluseness1648
abstractednessa1653
recluse1665
abscondence1694
seclusion1785
seclusiveness1822
retiracy1824
secludedness1835
retraite1843
1843 J. S. Buckingham Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick xvi. 217 I was told that in the Catholic Church, the practice is not uncommon, of setting aside a particular period, like this week of the Retraite, for the express purpose of devoting it entirely to religious exercises.
1860 E. C. Gaskell Let. 27 Aug. (1966) 631 I quite understand the wisdom of French ladies going into rétraite.
1905 19th Cent. & After Nov. 743 She..sent her footman to affix her card to a desk close under the pulpit, retaining the seat, as she imagines, for the whole week of Retraite.
1994 L. S. Granger tr. J. Duindam Myths of Power vii. 172 Saint-Simon also regularly went into retraite in the Abbey of La Trappe.
3. Military. Chiefly in France or in French contexts: a piece of music played to mark the end of a celebration, or to signal the end of the day. Cf. retreat n. 5c.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to retreat
retreat1483
retraict1538
retraite1825
1825 T. A. Boswell Jrnl. Exile I. iv. 116 At that moment the trumpets of the guards were heard sounding the retraite.
1858 W. M. Thackeray in Harper's Mag. Dec. 111/1 We would have many a concert, the men joining in chorus, or dancing to my homely music, until it was interrupted by the drums and the retraite.
1883 Standard 21 Sept. 3/1 A grand dinner..was followed by the performance of a retraite by the combined bands of the Eleventh Army Corps.
1911 R. Pryce Christopher iv. 34 In an hour or so the Retraite would sound, when even soldiers went to bed.
1914 J. F. Gallatin Great Peace Maker: Diary J. Gallatin iv. 198 There were fifty men two by two holding bentwood frames with lanthorns, two fine military bands played, and, for the retraite, we had the Corps de Chasse from Compiegne.
1997 D. G. Herrman Arming of Europe (new ed.) vi. 175 Public military displays, like the reinstitution of the retraite played by military bands in the streets of Paris, became increasingly conspicuous.
4. en retraite: see en retraite adv.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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