| 单词 | retardant |
| 释义 | retardant (once / 118194 pages) n A retardant is anything that prevents something from happening, or inhibits it from growing or spreading. Using a rust retardant on your car, for example, should help keep it from getting rusty. A fire or flame retardant is a type of chemical that stops fire from starting or spreading. Sometimes fire retardants are sprayed or dumped on a fire to put it out, like the foam fire retardant you might spray from a hand-held fire extinguisher onto a grease fire in a kitchen. Retardant comes from the verb retard, "make slow, or make slower." WORD FAMILYretardant: retardants USAGE EXAMPLESFirefighters from at least 10 departments were sent to help, and an aircraft was used to drop fire retardant. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) "Our artificial trees are flame retardant which is a major thing for big public buildings," he said. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) A US supertanker, capable of carrying 74 tonnes of water and fire retardant, is due to arrive in Israel on Friday to assist. BBC(Nov 25, 2016) n any agent that retards or delays or hinders flame- retardant Syn|Hyper retardation, retardent agent an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect |
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