recedes

英 [rɪˈsiːdz]

美 [rɪˈsiːdz]

v.  逐渐远离; 渐渐远去; 逐渐减弱; 慢慢变小; (头顶前部)头发停止生长，变秃
recede的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退回;后退;远离
  If somethingrecedesfrom you, it moves away.
  1. Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
     卢克在夜色中渐行渐远。
  2. As she receded he waved goodbye.
     她离开的时候他挥手告别。
  3. ...the receding lights of the car.
     越来越远的汽车灯光
• VERB （质量）下降;（问题或疾病等）逐渐减弱，好转
  When something such as a quality, problem, or illnessrecedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  1. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede...
     正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候，我的病开始好转了。
  2. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
     交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。
• VERB （前额的头发）脱落
  If a man's hair starts torecede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
  1. ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede...
     前额黑发刚开始脱落的年轻人
  2. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
     酒吧男招待面色红润，前额有点脱发。
• VERB （常指牙龈因为感染）萎缩
  If your gums start torecede, they begin to cover less of your teeth, usually as the result of an infection.
  1. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed...
     如果不进行治疗，牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。
  2. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
     牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的，也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。

双语例句

• From early morning until dusk, the soul-savers work to extract creatures that have become stranded as the river, which is fed by snow-draped mountains, recedes in summer.
  从清晨到黄昏，灵魂拯救者们努力挖取那些因为夏季河水退去而搁浅的生物，这条河流的水源来自冰雪覆盖的高山。
• Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.
  盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。
• For one thing, there is some evidence that if you smoke while young and can quit before you die of a heart attack, your risk of heart disease rapidly recedes.
  首先，有一些证据表明，如果你在年轻时开始抽烟，然后在死于心脏病之前戒烟，你死于心脏病的风险就会迅速降低。
• As flooding recedes, the terraces trap varying degrees of water according to their elevation and scouring by turbulence.
  洪水消退，梯田陷阱不同程度的水，根据其海拔和精练的动荡。
• Immortal Tantalus, having committed unspeakable crimes and having stolen food from the gods, sits in a pool of crystal clear water that recedes from him each time bends to drink.
  不朽的坦塔罗斯，犯下滔天罪行，并有从神偷菜，坐在一池清澈的水从他每一次弯腰后退喝。
• As the political mood turns poisonous and the prospect of growth recedes further, this is not a decision that can be postponed for long.
  随着政治情绪的恶化以及增长前景进一步黯淡，做出决定已是刻不容缓。
• As a companion star orbits its primary, it alternately approaches and recedes from the Earth.
  当伴星围绕着主星运转时，它交替地朝着地球或背离地球运转。
• Add a picture, and the impact of the name recedes.
  多一张照片，名字的影响力就会减弱。
• When it recedes, the atmosphere condenses again to form a new coating of ice just a millimeter thick.
  在它远离太阳时，大气再次凝结形成一层新的只有一毫米的冰帽。
• 1st, in2008 the Chinese economy recedes, is anticipated within the matter moderately, arises suddenly the factor by no means.
  2008年中国经济适度回落，属“预期之内”的事情，并非突发因素。