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recede

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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re·cede /rɪˈsiːd/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]  1 FARif something you can see or hear recedes, it gets further and further away until it disappears 〔景物、声音〕逐渐远去(直至消失)recede into footsteps receding into the distance 渐渐远去的脚步声2 LESSif a memory, feeling, or possibility recedes, it gradually goes away 〔记忆〕逐渐模糊;〔感情〕逐渐淡漠;〔可能性〕逐渐消失 The pain in his head gradually receded. 他的头痛逐渐缓解。3 DNif water recedes, it moves back from an area that it was covering 〔水〕消退,退去 The flood waters finally began to recede in November. 11 月,洪水终于开始退去。4 DCBif your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head 〔头发〕从前额往后脱落 He was in his mid-forties, with a receding hairline. 他四十五六岁,发际线已开始往后移了。5. receding chin HBHa chin that slopes backwards 向后缩的下巴
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recedeThere was not even time for sentimental looks backward at the receding coast of the homeland.Once that moment of power recedes, control has to be traded in for speed and nimbleness.She walked away, her footsteps receding down the hall.Since Donald lost his job, the hopes of our buying a house have receded even further.Peripheral awareness becomes progressively blurred as it recedes from the foveal zone and adjusts to an overall equilibrium.Flood waters finally began to recede in November.In a time of receding income, the income tax reduces itself automatically.As the threat of nuclear war receded, other things began to worry us.Each image is a complete story often told through a dense, receding picture space.This time the wave didn't recede, this time it built, went on building, higher and higher.As the threat of attack receded, village life returned to normal.receding hairlineBruce is embarrassed about his receding hairline.He has a fuzzy beard and a receding hairline.He was in his early forties with a receding hairline, a plump face and a small mouth.Ignore the receding hairline and funny glasses.And Joszef, the last time seen: receding hairline, dark velvety eyes bloodshot and anxious.Instead of receding hairlines, women have an all-over thinning which gets worse as they grow older.
From Longman Business Dictionaryrecedere‧cede /rɪˈsiːd/ verb [intransitive] if prices, interest rates etc recede, they decreaseGrowth was expected to recede throughout the year.The domestic market is receding.→ See Verb tableOrigin recede (1400-1500) Latin recedere, from cedere to go
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recede
recede /rɪˈsiːd/ verb [intransitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: recedere, from cedere 'to go'
1. if something you can see or hear recedes, it gets further and further away until it disappears
    recede into
    footsteps receding into the distance
2. if a memory, feeling, or possibility recedes, it gradually goes away:
    The pain in his head gradually receded.
3. if water recedes, it moves back from an area that it was covering:
    The flood waters finally began to recede in November.
4. if your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head:
    He was in his mid-forties, with a receding hairline.
5. receding chin a chin that slopes backwards


re·cedeBrE /rɪˈsiːd/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈsiːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they recede BrE /rɪˈsiːd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsiːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it recedes BrE /rɪˈsiːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsiːdz/ 🔊past simple receded BrE /rɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊past participle receded BrE /rɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsiːdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form receding BrE /rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to move gradually away from sb or away from a previous position 逐渐远离;渐渐远去The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。🔊🔊She watched his receding figure. 她看着他的身影渐渐远去。🔊🔊 [intransitive] (especially of a problem, feeling or quality 尤指问题、感觉或特质) to become gradually weaker or smaller 逐渐减弱;慢慢变小The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely). 破产的可能性现已减少了。🔊🔊The pain was receding slightly. 疼痛正在一点一点地减弱。🔊🔊
[intransitive] (of hair 头发) to stop growing at the front of the head (头顶前部)头发停止生长,变秃a middle-aged man with receding hair/a receding hairline 发际线后移的中年男子
[intransitive] a ~ chin a chin that slopes backwards towards the neck 向后缩的下巴