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recede

verb
🔊/rɪˈsiːd/
🔊/rɪˈsiːd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they recede
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he / she / it recedes
🔊/rɪˈsiːdz/
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past simple receded
🔊/rɪˈsiːdɪd/
🔊/rɪˈsiːdɪd/
past participle receded
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-ing form receding
🔊/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to move gradually away from somebody or away from a previous position逐渐远离；渐渐远去
    • The sound of the truck receded into the distance.卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。🔊🔊
    • She watched his receding figure.她看着他的身影渐渐远去。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • His footsteps receded into the distance.他的脚步声渐渐远去。
    • The January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen.1 月份的洪水涨得快退得也快。
    • The water receded back to its mysterious depths.水退回到神秘的深处。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • a bit
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • recede into the background
    • recede into the distance
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  2. [intransitive] (especially of a problem, feeling or quality尤指问题、感觉或特质) to become gradually weaker or smaller逐渐减弱；慢慢变小
    • The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely).破产的可能性现已减少了。🔊🔊
    • The pain was receding slightly.疼痛正在一点一点地减弱。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The pain was gradually receding.疼痛正逐渐消退。
    • These worries now receded from his mind.现在他的这些顾虑从头脑中消除了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • a bit
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • recede into the background
    • recede into the distance
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive] (of hair头发) to stop growing at the front of the head（头顶前部）头发停止生长，变秃
    • a middle-aged man with receding hair/a receding hairline发际线后移的中年男子
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • a bit
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • recede into the background
    • recede into the distance
    See full entry
  4. [intransitive] a receding chin a chin (= part of the face below the mouth) that slopes backwards towards the neck 向后缩的下巴
    5. Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘depart from a usual state or standard’): from Latin recedere, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’.