| 单词 | retreat |
| 释义 | retreat —retreatal, adj. —retreater, n. —retreative, adj. /ri treet"/, 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. Mil. a. a flag-lowering ceremony held at sunset on a military post. b. 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. beat a retreat, to withdraw or retreat, esp. hurriedly or in disgrace. v.i. 9. to withdraw, retire, or draw back, esp. for shelter or seclusion. 10. to make a retreat: The army retreated. 11. to slope backward; recede: a retreating chin. 12. to draw or lead back. [1300-50; (n.) ME retret < OF, var. of retrait, n. use of ptp. of retraire to draw back < L retrahere (re- RE- + trahere to draw; see RETRACT1); (v.) late ME retreten < MF retraitier < L retractare to RETRACT2] Syn. 2. departure, withdrawal. 3. shelter. 9. leave, pull back. See depart. Ant. 1, 9, 10. advance. |
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