retreat
retreat 英 [rɪˈtri:t] 美 [rɪˈtrit]
n. 撤退；休息寓所；撤退 vi. 撤退；退避；向后倾 vt. 退（棋）；使后退
进行时:retreating 过去式:retreated 过去分词:retreated 第三人称单数:retreats 名词复数:retreats
- The noun retreat means a place you can go to be alone, to get away from it all. A spot under a shady tree might be your favorite retreat from the sun, or your bedroom in the basement may serve as a retreat from your siblings.
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- n. 撤退；休息寓所；撤退
- vi. 撤退；退避；向后倾
- vt. 退（棋）；使后退
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1. No retreat is allowed, only advance.
只许前进， 不许后退。
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2. The enemy's retreat left marks of haste.
敌军留下了仓皇退却的痕迹。
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3. The enemy's line of retreat was cut off.
敌人的退路已被截断。
- retreat (n.) c. 1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.
- retreat (v.) early 15c., "to draw in, draw back, leave the extremities," from retreat (n.) and in part from Old French retret, past participle of retrere. Meaning "to fall back from battle" is mid-15c. Related: Retreated; retreating.
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