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

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Have you ever said something you wish you could retract, or take back? You're not alone. Even newspapers and magazines have sections where the editors can retract something written that was incorrect.

The sense of the word retract meaning to draw back or withdraw comes from the mid-16th century, and its meaning was clear when Napoleon Bonaparte said, "In politics...never retreat, never retract...never admit a mistake." Still, sometimes you wish you could retract something you said or did. Cats can retract their claws, and some snakes can retract their fangs, but words spoken in anger can never be fully retracted, or taken back.

WORD FAMILY

retract: retractable, retracted, retracting, retraction, retractor, retracts+/retractable: nonretractable/retraction: retractions/retractor: retractors

USAGE EXAMPLES

The vehicle is designed to be able to drive autonomously, with a steering wheel that retracts into the dashboard, launching the self-driving functions.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016)

The farmer tried to retract his confession before, while still in detention.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016)

But later that year, Nature retracts the two papers after it becomes clear that some of the data were falsified.

Nature(Dec 06, 2016)

v formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

He retracted his earlier statements about his religion

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abjure, forswear, recant, resile

disown, renounce, repudiate

cast off

1v pull inward or towards a center

The cat retracted his claws

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draw in
attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

introvert, invaginate

fold inwards

intussuscept

introvert or invaginate

attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

2v pull away from a source of disgust or fear

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shrink back

cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince

draw back, as with fear or pain

v use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

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draw back, pull back

pull

apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

单词	retract
释义	retract (once / 1885 pages) 1v 2v 3v Have you ever said something you wish you could retract, or take back? You're not alone. Even newspapers and magazines have sections where the editors can retract something written that was incorrect. The sense of the word retract meaning to draw back or withdraw comes from the mid-16th century, and its meaning was clear when Napoleon Bonaparte said, "In politics...never retreat, never retract...never admit a mistake." Still, sometimes you wish you could retract something you said or did. Cats can retract their claws, and some snakes can retract their fangs, but words spoken in anger can never be fully retracted, or taken back. WORD FAMILY retract: retractable, retracted, retracting, retraction, retractor, retracts+/retractable: nonretractable/retraction: retractions/retractor: retractors USAGE EXAMPLES The vehicle is designed to be able to drive autonomously, with a steering wheel that retracts into the dashboard, launching the self-driving functions. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) The farmer tried to retract his confession before, while still in detention. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) But later that year, Nature retracts the two papers after it becomes clear that some of the data were falsified. Nature(Dec 06, 2016) 1 v formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure He retracted his earlier statements about his religion Syn\|Hyper abjure, forswear, recant, resile disown, renounce, repudiate cast off 2 1v pull inward or towards a center The cat retracted his claws Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper draw in attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes introvert, invaginate fold inwards intussuscept introvert or invaginate attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes 2v pull away from a source of disgust or fear Syn\|Hyper shrink back cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince draw back, as with fear or pain 3 v use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) Syn\|Hyper draw back, pull back pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
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