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in retreat

b. The action or an act of falling back from a place or position, esp. after a defeat or when confronted by a superior force. in retreat: in the process of retreating.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat

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retire1548

retract1553

back-march1577

dismarch1600

dismarching1635

skedaddle1870

pullback1943

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxvi. 110 Than all..lefte the assaut: in the retrayte ther were two knyghtes..taken.

1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre iii. xvii. sig. Lii ^v After suspectynge some deceyte & gyle..and sowning to the retreat: The Numantines breakynge out, sette vpon them.

c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. 776 The trumpits blew to the retreit full loud.

1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 145 If the Enimie vpon our retreite pursue vs, the Generall muste giue order to lay..Ambushments of Shotte.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. ii. §4. 179 Old Souldiers are not easily dismaied: we reade in Histories..what braue retraits haue beene made by them.

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses i. 2 The loose bent of his will, In slaughtering Atrides in retreate.

1692 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue vi, in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. (ed. 3) 297 The famous retreat of Xenophon..was made at the head of ten thousand Greeks.

1715 Boston News-let. 6 June 2/2 Col. Macky..meeting with such a warm Reception from the Enemy, was necessitated to make his retreat.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 142/1 A good retreat is esteemed, by experienced officers, the masterpiece of a general.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vi. 133 Personal heroism..shewn by the commanders of our cavalry, who covered the retreat.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. v. iv. 615 He was so hard pressed on his retreat that he could not avoid an action.

1878 Daily News 2 Feb. 6/2 The whole route of retreat is in all probability paved with their corpses before this.

1885 Cent. Mag. July 452/2 McClellan, if not always great in the advance, was most masterly in retreat.

1919 Current Hist. Aug. 262 Toward the end of May the retreat of Kolchak's forces in both the Kazan and Samara regions was reported.

1989 C. Harman S. Townsend Warner: Biogr. iv. 201 Paris had been liberated and the German army was in retreat.

2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 135 He served as an officer with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the British retreat from the Japanese army.

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in retreat

c. Movement in a reverse direction; movement backwards; movement back or away; esp. (of the sea) movement away from land, ebbing; (of a glacier or ice sheet) reduction in extent, contraction. Also: an instance of this. in retreat: moved or drawn back.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun]

retreat1594

reciprocation1603

retrocession1642

retrogradation1644

disadvancing1659

retrocedence1703

retrogression1704

backening1748

backwarding1765

throwback1851

1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς sig. Bij^v So to the chaos of our first descent,..We basely make retrait, and are no lesse Then huge impolisht heapes of filthinesse.

1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. E2 [Echo] the selfe same way shee came doth make retreate, And so effects the sounde reecchoed.

1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. Bb Her resolution was Proponticke right, And forward stem'd against the Moones retreat.

1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 27 They counted death but the retreite of life.

1664 H. King Elegies, Paradoxes & Sonets 71 Thus kiss I your fair hands, taking my leave..let Your discontents, and sowrer fate Remain with me, born off in my Retrait.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 159 The gradual retreat of the sea has left the modern city at the distance of four miles from the Hadriatic.

1815 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. 74 There have been successive irruptions and retreats of the sea.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy lvi. 215 The nodes of its [sc. moon's] orbit are in a continual state of retreat upon the ecliptic.

1885 R. S. Ball Story of Heavens (1890) iii. 67 The terracing..is mainly due to the repeated alternate rise, partial congelation, and subsequent retreat of a vast sea of lava.

1936 P. R. Chalmers Field Sports Sc. v. 107 With a flowing tide, the fowl sit ‘better bunched’ than they sit when a tide is in retreat.

1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. viii. 201 The factors influencing the retreat of slopes are far more complex than is generally realized.

1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms xi. 388 If the ice is affected by episodes of retreat, separated by stillstands, a number of smaller, sub-parallel ridges (‘recessional’ or ‘stadial’ moraines) will be formed.

2005 E. J. Anthony in M. L. Schwartz Encycl. Coastal Sci. 142/2 This shape illustrates the more severe retreat that affects the beach just downdrift of such structures.

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in retreat

11. Architecture. The state of being set back or recessed; a recess, esp. in a wall. Frequently in in retreat.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > niche

cant1604

niche1610

nesset1614

nest1640

aedicula1672

retreat1687

retirement1726

kiblah1775

alcove1786

inset1829

aedicule1832

niche work1848

niche ornament1851

niche-band1867

tabernacle-niche1886

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 145 There are six Figures on each side..and as many on the border in right Angle: all this in retreat.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 96 A little Indenture or Retreat, BC, not exceeding a Minute in depth.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Where the Foundation is very large, they usually make two or three Retreats.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 269 The retreat or lessening, has a width of 1 foot.

1913 F. Bond Introd. Eng. Church Archit. I. Gloss. p. xxxiv Retraite, a story in retreat.

1916 R. Sturgis Hist. Archit. I. v. ii. 312 The entablature of this order forms a ressaut on each front and is marked by a retreat.

1996 L. Collard tr. P. Sellar Archit. Studio 84 The remainder of the facade, slightly in retreat from the street, blends in with the neighbouring buildings.

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单词	in retreat
释义	> as lemmas in retreat b. The action or an act of falling back from a place or position, esp. after a defeat or when confronted by a superior force. in retreat: in the process of retreating. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat retreat1523 retire1548 retract1553 back-march1577 dismarch1600 dismarching1635 skedaddle1870 pullback1943 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxvi. 110 Than all..lefte the assaut: in the retrayte ther were two knyghtes..taken. 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre iii. xvii. sig. Lii ^v After suspectynge some deceyte & gyle..and sowning to the retreat: The Numantines breakynge out, sette vpon them. c1550 Clariodus (1830) i. 776 The trumpits blew to the retreit full loud. 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 145 If the Enimie vpon our retreite pursue vs, the Generall muste giue order to lay..Ambushments of Shotte. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iv. ii. §4. 179 Old Souldiers are not easily dismaied: we reade in Histories..what braue retraits haue beene made by them. ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses i. 2 The loose bent of his will, In slaughtering Atrides in retreate. 1692 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue vi, in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. (ed. 3) 297 The famous retreat of Xenophon..was made at the head of ten thousand Greeks. 1715 Boston News-let. 6 June 2/2 Col. Macky..meeting with such a warm Reception from the Enemy, was necessitated to make his retreat. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 142/1 A good retreat is esteemed, by experienced officers, the masterpiece of a general. 1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vi. 133 Personal heroism..shewn by the commanders of our cavalry, who covered the retreat. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. v. iv. 615 He was so hard pressed on his retreat that he could not avoid an action. 1878 Daily News 2 Feb. 6/2 The whole route of retreat is in all probability paved with their corpses before this. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 452/2 McClellan, if not always great in the advance, was most masterly in retreat. 1919 Current Hist. Aug. 262 Toward the end of May the retreat of Kolchak's forces in both the Kazan and Samara regions was reported. 1989 C. Harman S. Townsend Warner: Biogr. iv. 201 Paris had been liberated and the German army was in retreat. 2002 R. Murphy Kick (2003) 135 He served as an officer with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during the British retreat from the Japanese army. extracted from retreatn. in retreat c. Movement in a reverse direction; movement backwards; movement back or away; esp. (of the sea) movement away from land, ebbing; (of a glacier or ice sheet) reduction in extent, contraction. Also: an instance of this. in retreat: moved or drawn back. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] retreat1594 reciprocation1603 retrocession1642 retrogradation1644 disadvancing1659 retrocedence1703 retrogression1704 backening1748 backwarding1765 throwback1851 1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς sig. Bij^v So to the chaos of our first descent,..We basely make retrait, and are no lesse Then huge impolisht heapes of filthinesse. 1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence sig. E2 [Echo] the selfe same way shee came doth make retreate, And so effects the sounde reecchoed. 1603 T. Powell Vertues Due sig. Bb Her resolution was Proponticke right, And forward stem'd against the Moones retreat. 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 27 They counted death but the retreite of life. 1664 H. King Elegies, Paradoxes & Sonets 71 Thus kiss I your fair hands, taking my leave..let Your discontents, and sowrer fate Remain with me, born off in my Retrait. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) III. xxx. 159 The gradual retreat of the sea has left the modern city at the distance of four miles from the Hadriatic. 1815 W. Phillips Outl. Mineral. & Geol. 74 There have been successive irruptions and retreats of the sea. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy lvi. 215 The nodes of its [sc. moon's] orbit are in a continual state of retreat upon the ecliptic. 1885 R. S. Ball Story of Heavens (1890) iii. 67 The terracing..is mainly due to the repeated alternate rise, partial congelation, and subsequent retreat of a vast sea of lava. 1936 P. R. Chalmers Field Sports Sc. v. 107 With a flowing tide, the fowl sit ‘better bunched’ than they sit when a tide is in retreat. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. viii. 201 The factors influencing the retreat of slopes are far more complex than is generally realized. 1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms xi. 388 If the ice is affected by episodes of retreat, separated by stillstands, a number of smaller, sub-parallel ridges (‘recessional’ or ‘stadial’ moraines) will be formed. 2005 E. J. Anthony in M. L. Schwartz Encycl. Coastal Sci. 142/2 This shape illustrates the more severe retreat that affects the beach just downdrift of such structures. extracted from retreatn. in retreat 11. Architecture. The state of being set back or recessed; a recess, esp. in a wall. Frequently in in retreat. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > niche cant1604 niche1610 nesset1614 nest1640 aedicula1672 retreat1687 retirement1726 kiblah1775 alcove1786 inset1829 aedicule1832 niche work1848 niche ornament1851 niche-band1867 tabernacle-niche1886 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 145 There are six Figures on each side..and as many on the border in right Angle: all this in retreat. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 96 A little Indenture or Retreat, BC, not exceeding a Minute in depth. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Where the Foundation is very large, they usually make two or three Retreats. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 269 The retreat or lessening, has a width of 1 foot. 1913 F. Bond Introd. Eng. Church Archit. I. Gloss. p. xxxiv Retraite, a story in retreat. 1916 R. Sturgis Hist. Archit. I. v. ii. 312 The entablature of this order forms a ressaut on each front and is marked by a retreat. 1996 L. Collard tr. P. Sellar Archit. Studio 84 The remainder of the facade, slightly in retreat from the street, blends in with the neighbouring buildings. extracted from retreatn. < as lemmas
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