recede

🇬🇧 UK/ri'si:d/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To move back or withdraw gradually; to become more distant or less intense.

后退,退却;逐渐减弱或消退

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
recedeother
=recede

Common Collocations

  • 1.recede into the distance渐渐消失在远处
  • 2.floodwaters recede洪水退去
  • 3.hairline recedes发际线后移
  • 4.recede from memory从记忆中淡去

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    As the floodwaters began to recede, residents slowly returned to their homes.

  • 2.

    The pain receded after he took the medication, and he finally fell asleep.

  • 3.

    His hairline had begun to recede noticeably by the time he turned thirty.

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