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

单词	retard
释义	re·tard I. \rə̇ˈtärd, rēˈ-, -tȧd\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin retardare, from re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, from tardus slow — more at tardy *transitive verb* 1. : to make slow or slower : delay or impede the progress, course, or event of : slow up by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment : keep back < the rate of downcutting in the section of the channel upstream from the gap was retarded — Journal of Geology > < frequent wars, lack of roads and railroads, and bad government long combined to retard this area — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > < language is at one and the same time helping and retarding us in our exploration of experience — Edward Sapir > < mental evolution has perhaps retarded the progress of physical changes — W.R.Inge > 2. : to delay academic progress by failure to promote (a pupil) 3. : to restrain (a plant) from growing 4. : to readjust the timing of (an ignition spark) so that ignition occurs later with reference to top dead center in the piston stroke < with a retarded spark and a late explosion, the combustion or burning of the charge of gas is not complete — A.L.Dyke > *intransitive verb* : to become delayed : undergo retardation Synonyms: see delay II. noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Middle French retarder to retard, from Latin retardare 1. : delay through being retarded : retardation < a retard was needed in one passage of the Te Deum — Time > 2. : a device for retarding an automotive ignition spark • - in retard III. \ˈrēˌtärd, rə̇ˈtärd\ noun (-s) Etymology: retard, verb : a retarded person — often taken to be offensive; also : a person held to resemble a retarded person in behavior
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