英语词汇“retract”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

retractretract /rɪˈtrækt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYretract

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of retrahere to pull back, from trahere to pull

VERB TABLE

retract

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	retract
	he, she, it	retracts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	retracted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have retracted
	he, she, it	has retracted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had retracted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will retract
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have retracted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am retracting
	he, she, it	is retracting
	you, we, they	are retracting
Past	I, he, she, it	was retracting
	you, we, they	were retracting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been retracting
	he, she, it	has been retracting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been retracting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be retracting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been retracting

1[transitive] to make an official statement saying that something which you said previously is not true SYN withdraw: Later, he retracted his remarks and apologized.2[intransitive, transitive] if part of a machine or an animal’s body retracts or is retracted, it moves back into the main part SYN withdraw: The cat retracted its claws. One of the plane’s wheels wouldn’t retract.