Retardation

[,riːtɑː'deɪʃən] or [,ritɑr'deʃən]

解释:

(noun.) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.

(noun.) the extent to which something is delayed or held back.

录入:尼科尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

(n.) That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

(n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

(n.) The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

录入:梅林达