recede

动词 recede:

1. pull back or move away or backward
   同义词：withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back
2. move back and away from
   同义词：fall back, retire
3. retreat
   同义词：fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind
4. become faint or more distant

1. His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
   他的头发开始从前额往后秃了。
2. The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded.
   破产的危险已经减少了。
3. As the tide receded we were able to look for shells.
   潮水退去，我们就能寻找贝壳了。

re.cede

v.intr.（不及物动词）
re.ced.ed,re.ced.ing,re.cedes
To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
倒退，后退：从某限定中、某点或某记号处向后移动或离开：
例句：
The flood waters finally receded.
洪水最终退走了

To slope backward.
向后倾斜
To become or seem to become fainter or more distant:
变得模糊，减退：变得或看上去淡漠或更遥远：
例句：
With the passage of time, my unhappy memories of the place receded.
随着时间的推移，我对那地方不愉快的记忆变得模糊了

To withdraw or retreat.
撤回：撤退或后撤

来源：
Middle English receden
中古英语 receden
from Old French receder
源自 古法语 receder
from Latin recôdere
源自 拉丁语 recôdere
re- [re-]
re- [前缀，表示.重，再.]
côdere [to go] * see ked-
côdere [去] *参见 ked-

<参考词汇><同义词>recede,ebb,retract,retreat,retrogradeThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to move backward.:
这些动词有着一个共同的中心意思.向后运动.：
例句：
a hairline that had receded;
已后缩的发缘线；

例句：
waters ebbing at low tide;
低潮时退去的汐流；

例句：
a turtle retracting its head into its shell;
缩头乌龟；

例句：
a retreating army;
后撤的部队；

例句：
academic standards that have retrograded. advance
已退步的学术标准 advance