retracting
present participle ofretract
| 单词 | retracting |
| 释义 | retracting present participle ofretract retract verb formaluk/rɪˈtrækt/us/rɪˈtrækt/[T] to take back anofferorstatement, etc. oradmitthat astatementwasfalse: retract aninvitation/confession/promise Whenquestionedon TV, he retracted hisallegations. [IorT] topullsomething back or in: Thewheelsretract after theaircrafttakesoff. Thecatretracteditsclaws. Admitting & confessing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Pulling Examplesofretractingretracting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That is, foot alignment pulls the rightmost foot away from the right edge, but lapse avoidance prevents it fromretractingfurther back than the antepenult. From theCambridge English Corpus This, in turn, requires mechanisms for both making assumptions and thenretractingthem if and when they turn out not to be true. From theCambridge English Corpus The user wants to control the design process byretractingthe design decision made by the tool. From theCambridge English Corpus When the tape was pulled out, a small toy was placed in the ring and pulled along byretractingthe tape. From theCambridge English Corpus Aortic cannulation was aided byretractingthe right atrial appendage inferiorly and the aorta into the field. From theCambridge English Corpus As in theory revision, the problem ofretractinga fact, a rule, or a set of rules should be addressed too. From theCambridge English Corpus Atretractingedges, large actin bundles were characteristically associated with prominent focal adhesions that slid during retraction (not shown). From theCambridge English Corpus The capacity ofretractinga collagen matrix is lost by dermatosparactic skin fibroblast. From theCambridge English Corpus In adhesion measurements, this amounts to pulling materials apart (unloading them) by increasing the tension rather than separating them byretractinga spring. From theCambridge English Corpus The introduction of safety hollow-boreretractingneedles would eliminate any need to recap. From theCambridge English Corpus When axial rotation of the proximal segment occurred as the distal segment wasretracting, it created an adduction/abduction error in the frontal plane measurements. From theCambridge English Corpus After pinch-off of the main drop, the filament that remains sways, while elasticallyretractingback into the orifice, as shown in frames (d) and (e). From theCambridge English Corpus Before inhibition actin bundles are detected inretractingprotrusions, whereas they are absent after inhibition. From theCambridge English Corpus The platform is supplied withretractingcontrolled supports. From theCambridge English Corpus These difficult sequences are usually resolved by reducing retroflexion, or by lowering and\\orretractingthe tongue body. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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