retrograde 音标拼音: [r'ɛtrəgr
, ed]
a . 后退的,倒退的,退步的
vi . 倒退,退步,逆行
後退的,倒退的,退步的倒退,退步,逆行
retrograde adj 1 :
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere ;
or --
for planets --
around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth [
ant : {
direct }]
2 :
of amnesia ;
affecting time immediately preceding trauma [
ant :
{
anterograde }]
3 :
going from better to worse [
synonym : {
retrograde },
{
retrogressive }]
4 :
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [
synonym : {
retral },
{
retrograde }]
v 1 :
move backward in an orbit ,
of celestial bodies 2 :
move in a direction contrary to the usual one ; "
retrograding planets "
3 :
move back ; "
The glacier retrogrades " [
synonym : {
retrograde },
{
retreat }]
4 :
go back over ; "
retrograde arguments " [
synonym : {
retrograde },
{
rehash }, {
hash over }]
5 :
get worse or fall back to a previous condition [
synonym :
{
regress }, {
retrograde }, {
retrogress }] [
ant : {
advance }, {
come along }, {
come on }, {
get along }, {
get on }, {
progress }, {
shape up }]
Retrograde \
Re "
tro *
grade \,
a . [
L .
retrogradus ,
from retrogradi ,
retrogressus ,
to retrograde ;
retro back gradi to step :
cf .
F .
r ['
e ]
trograde .
See {
Grade }.]
1 . (
Astron .)
Apparently moving backward ,
and contrary to the succession of the signs ,
that is ,
from east to west ,
as a planet . --
Hutton .
[
1913 Webster ]
And if he be in the west side in that condition ,
then is he retrograde . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Tending or moving backward ;
having a backward course ;
contrary ;
as ,
a retrograde motion ; --
opposed to {
progressive }. "
Progressive and not retrograde ." --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
It is most retrograde to our desire . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Declining from a better to a worse state ;
as ,
a retrograde people ;
retrograde ideas ,
morals ,
etc . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
Retrograde \
Re "
tro *
grade \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Retrograded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Retrograding }.] [
L .
retrogradare ,
retrogradi :
cf .
F .
r ['
e ]
trograder .]
1 .
To go in a retrograde direction ;
to move ,
or appear to move ,
backward ,
as a planet .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Hence ,
to decline from a better to a worse condition ,
as in morals or intelligence .
[
1913 Webster ]
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retrograde ":
aft ,
after ,
aftermost ,
atavistic ,
back ,
backslide ,
backward ,
cock ,
coming apart ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
decadent ,
decline ,
declining ,
degenerate ,
descend ,
deteriorate ,
deteriorating ,
disimprove ,
disintegrate ,
disintegrating ,
draining ,
drooping ,
dwindling ,
ebbing ,
effete ,
fading ,
failing ,
fall astern ,
fall back ,
fall behind ,
falling ,
flagging ,
fragmenting ,
get behind ,
get worse ,
go backwards ,
go behind ,
going to pieces ,
grow worse ,
hind ,
hinder ,
hindermost ,
hindhand ,
hindmost ,
invert ,
jerk back ,
languishing ,
lapse ,
lapse back ,
let down ,
lose ground ,
marcescent ,
pining ,
posterior ,
postern ,
pull back ,
reactionary ,
rear ,
rearmost ,
rearward ,
recede ,
recessive ,
recidivate ,
recidivist ,
recidivous ,
regress ,
regressive ,
relapse ,
retract ,
retral ,
retreat ,
retroactive ,
retrocede ,
retrocessive ,
retroflex ,
retrogress ,
retrogressive ,
retrorse ,
retroverse ,
retrovert ,
return ,
returnable ,
reverse ,
reversible ,
reversional ,
reversionary ,
revert ,
revertible ,
revulsionary ,
rot ,
shriveling ,
sicken ,
sink ,
sinking ,
slacken ,
sliding ,
slip back ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
subsiding ,
tabetic ,
tail ,
waning ,
wasting ,
wilting ,
withering ,
worsen ,
worsening
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