| 释义 |
receding, ppl. a.|rɪˈsiːdɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That recedes.
1781Cowper Charity 147 The sable warrior..Loses in tears the far receding shore. 1805Emily Clark Banks of Douro III. 299 Embittering the receding moments of existence. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 98 The forehead is smooth and not receding. 1878― Physiogr. 141 The muddy bank left by the receding tide. 1895A. W. Pinero Second Mrs. Tanqueray iii. 103 A man..with a low forehead, a receding chin, a vacuous expression. 1956Jrnl. Theol. Stud. VII. 18 The incidence of the gradually receding preposition παρά supports the impression. 1958[see advance v. 2 b]. 1977Transatlantic Rev. lx. 183 If I have learned anything it is that the past is not a receding dream but an ever burgeoning presence at our backs that sustains us. |