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单词 retrogrades
释义

retrograde /retˈrō-grād/

adjective
  1. Moving or directed backward or (astronomy) from east to west, relatively to the fixed stars
  2. Inverse
  3. Habitually walking or swimming backwards
  4. Degenerating
  5. Reverting
  6. Contrary (Shakespeare)
noun
  1. A person who goes back or degenerates
  2. Backward movement
intransitive verb
  1. To go back or backwards, recede
  2. To deteriorate
  3. To have a retrograde movement (astronomy)
transitive verb

To cause to go back

ORIGIN: L retrōgradus going backward, from retrō- backward, and gradī, gressus to go

retrogradation /-grə-dāˈshən/ noun (esp astronomy)

Retrogression

retˈrogradely adverb

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