recede1
KK: [rɪˈsid]
DJ: [riˈsiːd]
vi.
- 退,後退;遠去
- 變模糊,變淡;變得渺茫
- 縮進,向後傾斜[(+from)]
His hair is beginning to
recede from his forehead.
他的頭髮開始從前額往後禿了。
- 收回,撤回[(+from)]
recede from a promise
背棄諾言
- 降低,縮減
辨析
recede2
KK: [rɪˈsid]
DJ: [riˈsiːd]
vt.
- 歸還,交還
recede conquered territory
歸還被佔領土
v.
- move back or further away.
- gradually diminish.
- (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead.
-
[usu. as adj. receding]
(of a facial feature) slope backwards.
-
(recede from)
archaic withdraw from (an undertaking, agreement, etc.).
Etymology
C15: from L. recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’.