Retardation
[,riːtɑː'deɪʃən] or [,ritɑr'deʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) lack of normal development of intellectual capacities.
(noun.) the extent to which something is delayed or held back.
錄入:尼科尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:梅林达
例句/造句/用法:
- There is another possible mode of transition, namely, through the acceleration or retardation of the period of reproduction. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Adams between Baltimore and Washington, demonstrated that by sheathing the train to prevent retardation by the air, an average speed of 78. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
整理:洛厄尔