| 单词 | retrieve |
| 释义 | re·trieve I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. 2. < memory withdrew further, retrieved the visit of two summers ago — George Green > < a gesture retrieved from long ago — New Yorker > 3. < retrieved his fortune — H.E.Scudder > < go back to the box and retrieve the letter — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < retrieved his position of preeminence — Current Biography > 4. a. obsolete b. < allowing the fly to sink beneath the surface of the water before retrieving it — Alexander MacDonald > c. < Greek sculpture retrieved from the ruins of Roman Carthage — A.J.Liebling > < built his shanty from lumber retrieved from steamboat disasters — American Guide Series: Arkansas > d. 5. < wrote … to retrieve the heroic past — Van Wyck Brooks > < retrieved himself by deciding to become a lawyer — C.R.Williams > 6. < third edition … retrieves many of the faults of the second — F.L.Pick & G.N.Knight > < the defeat was retrieved — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes > < retrieving the fundamental error of underestimating the skill of the enemy general — New Republic > < retrieve the situation > intransitive verb 1. < teach a dog to retrieve > 2. obsolete 3. < allow the lure to sink close to the bottom, then give a sharp jerk and retrieve for a few feet — Fishing Tackle Cat. > Synonyms: see recover II. 1. obsolete 2. < surface … baits always float upon the surface of the water and remain there during the retrieve — Fishing Tackle Cat. > 3. |
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