retrograde
- IPA[ˈretrəˌɡrād]
美式
- directed or moving backward；reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
- a degenerate person.
- go back in position or time；revert to an earlier and inferior condition
verb: retrograde, 3rd person present: retrogrades, gerund or present participle: retrograding, past tense: retrograded, past participle: retrograded
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. directed or moving backward a retrograde flow 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ reverting to an earlier and inferior condition to go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of the order of something) reversed; inverse the retrograde form of these inscriptions
- ▪ (of amnesia) involving the period immediately preceding the causal event.
- ▪ (of a metamorphic change) resulting from a decrease in temperature or pressure.
- ▪ (of the apparent motion of a planet) in a reverse direction from normal (from east to west), resulting from the relative orbital progress of the earth and the planet.
- ▪ (of the orbit or rotation of a planet or planetary satellite) in a reverse direction from that normal in the solar system.
名詞
- 1. rare a degenerate person.
動詞
- 1. archaic go back in position or time our history must retrograde for the space of a few pages
- ▪ revert to an earlier and inferior condition people cannot habitually trample on law and justice without retrograding toward barbarism
- 2. show retrogradation all the planets will at some time appear to retrograde
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈrɛtrə(ʊ)ɡreɪd]
英式
- directed or moving backwards: a retrograde flow
- a degenerate person.
- go back in position or time: our history must retrograde for the space of a few pages
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