Receding
[ri'si:dɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of becoming more distant.
(noun.) a slow or gradual disappearance.
(adj.) (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back .
埃米莉錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recede
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例句/造句/用法:
- Scarcely had it started than I gave the signal to Tars Tarkas, simultaneously springing for the receding half of the pivoting door. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The ice was receding, vegetation was increasing, big game of all sorts was becoming more abundant. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The receding footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr. John Dawkins, otherwise the Artful Dodger, appeared. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither receding nor advancing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- During this interval she had become a less vivid and importunate image, receding from his foreground as May Welland resumed her rightful place in it. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Her face, encompassed by the blackness of the receding heath, showed whitely, and with-out half-lights, like a cameo. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Longstreet, in his retreat, would be moving towards his supplies, while our forces, following, would be receding from theirs. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Lovely, grateful silence seemed to trail behind the receding train. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- A cloud of smoke drifted over the last ridge that he could see in the high country and the planes were three steadily receding specks in the sky. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- He could still hear the receding drone. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- The boat was gliding out on the receding tide. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The stretching and drawing of these thicker parts down to a uniform size by the receding of the carriage is the distinctive feature of its action. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- It showed him the room, and the bills upon the wall respecting the drowned people starting out and receding by turns. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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