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单词 retreat
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•treat /rɪˈtrit/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the withdrawal of a military force before an enemy: [countable]After suffering many casualties, the troops made a retreat.[uncountable]in retreat.
  2. a place for quiet thinking or privacy:[countable]a beautiful country retreat.
  3. a withdrawal for quiet thinking, such as for meditation: [countable]The priests go on a retreat once a year.[uncountable]They cannot be reached this week; they are on retreat.

v. [no object]
  1. to withdraw from an enemy attack:The fleet retreated.
  2. to make a retreat:retreated from the room as she shouted at him.
  3. to draw back from an earlier position:began to retreat from his earlier strong stand on civil rights.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
retreat /rɪˈtriːt/ vb (mainly intr)
  1. to withdraw or retire in the face of or from action with an enemy, either due to defeat or in order to adopt a more favourable position
  2. to retire or withdraw, as to seclusion or shelter
  3. (of a person's features) to slope back; recede
  4. (transitive) to move (a piece) back
n
  1. the act of retreating or withdrawing
  2. a withdrawal or retirement in the face of the enemy
  3. a bugle call signifying withdrawal or retirement, esp (formerly) to within a defended fortification
  4. retirement or seclusion
  5. a place, such as a sanatorium or monastery, to which one may retire for refuge, quiet, etc
  6. a period of seclusion, esp for religious contemplation
  7. an institution, esp a private one, for the care and treatment of people who are mentally ill, infirm, elderly, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French retret, from retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere to pull back; see retract
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re-treat  (rē trēt),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. 
  1. to treat again.
  • re- + treat 1880–85

re•treat  (ri trēt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  2. the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy;
    retirement;
    seclusion.
  3. a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy:The library was his retreat.
  4. an asylum, as for the insane.
  5. a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.
  6. Military
    • a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post.
    • the bugle call or drumbeat played at this ceremony.
  7. the recession of a surface, as a wall or panel, from another surface beside it.
  8. Idioms beat a retreat, to withdraw or retreat, esp. hurriedly or in disgrace.

v.i. 
  1. to withdraw, retire, or draw back, esp. for shelter or seclusion.
  2. to make a retreat:The army retreated.
  3. to slope backward;
    recede:a retreating chin.
  4. to draw or lead back.
  • Latin retractāre to retract2
  • Middle French retraitier
  • Latin retrahere (re- re- + trahere to draw; see retract1); (verb, verbal) late Middle English retreten
  • Old French, variant of retrait, noun, nominal use of past participle of retraire to draw back
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English retret 1300–50
re•treatal, adj. 
re•treater, n. 
re•treative, adj. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged departure, withdrawal.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shelter.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged leave, pull back. See depart. 
    • 1, 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged advance.

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