receding(形容词/现在分词)意为“后退的;逐渐远去的;逐渐减弱的”。常用于描述海水退去、声音/记忆淡去,或“发际线后移”等(语境不同含义略有变化)。
/rɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
The floodwater is receding now.
洪水正在退去。
As the train pulled away, the receding lights of the station blurred into the dark, and her confidence began to recede with them.
火车驶离时,车站渐渐远去的灯光在黑暗中变得模糊,她的自信也仿佛随之逐渐消退。
recede 源自拉丁语 recedere,由 re-(向后)+ cedere(走、退)组成,原意是“向后走、退开”。receding 是其现在分词形式,常用来表示“正在后退/逐渐减弱”的状态。