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单词 retroform
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retroform
retroform v.
Brit. /ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)fɔːm/
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U.S. /ˈrɛtroʊˌfɔrm/
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/ˈrɛtrəˌfɔrm/
transitive to reshape back into an earlier or previous form.
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1848 T. De Quincey Protestantism in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 85 They were reforming the Church,..viz., retroforming it, moulding it back into compliance with its original form and model.
2002 Southern Rev. 38 189 The story hands itself over to postmodern tropes. It is retroformed into splinters,..shards and fragments as a natural, prefabricated hypertext.
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