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 Englishrecedeother
=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.