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retract美 [rɪ'trækt] 英 [rɪ'trækt] 第三人称单数：retracts 现在分词：retracting 过去分词：retracted v. draw in,draw back,pull in,pull back,withdraw 1. | [t] ~ sth 撤销，收回（说过的话）to say that sth you have said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it |
| He made a false confession which he later retracted. 他作了假供词，后来又翻供。 | | They tried to persuade me to retract my words. 他们试图说服我收回我的话。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth 撤回，收回（协议、承诺等）to refuse to keep an agreement, a promise, etc. |
3. | [i][t] 缩回；拉回to move back into the main part of sth; to pull sth back into the main part of sth |
| The animal retracted into its shell. 这只动物缩回到自己的壳里。 | | The undercarriage was fully retracted. 起落架被完全收起。 |
v. | 1. to draw something in from an extended position, or be drawn in 2. to withdraw or deny something previously said, published, or promised 3. to move back from something 4. to alter a vowel sound by drawing the tongue inward from the lips 5. to say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true 6. if part of an object or animal retracts, or if it is retracted, it is pulled backwards or inside it 1. to draw something in from an extended position, or be drawn in 2. to withdraw or deny something previously said, published, or promised 3. to move back from something 4. to alter a vowel sound by drawing the tongue inward from the lips 5. to say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true 6. if part of an object or animal retracts, or if it is retracted, it is pulled backwards or inside it |
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