retract

动词 retract:

1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
   同义词：abjure, recant, forswear, resile
2. pull away from a source of disgust or fear
   同义词：shrink back
3. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
   同义词：pull back, draw back
4. pull inward or towards a center
   同义词：draw in

1. The accused refused to retract (his statement).
   那被告拒不撤消(其供述).
2. The undercarriage on light aircraft does not always retract in flight.
   轻型飞机飞行时起落架不一定缩回。

re.tract

v.（动词）
re.tract.ed,re.tract.ing,re.tracts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To take back; disavow:
收回；否认：
例句：
refused to retract the statement.
拒绝收回那声明

To draw back or in:
拉回或拉进：
例句：
a plane retracting its landing gear.See Synonyms at recede
正在拉回起落架的飞机参见 recede

Linguistics
【语言学】
To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.
收舌发音：用缩回的舌头发出（声音）
To draw back (the tongue).
缩回（舌头）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To take something back or disavow it.
收回某事或否认它
To draw back.
缩回

来源：
Latin retract3re retract- [to revoke] [frequentative of] retrahere [to draw back]
拉丁语 retract3re retract- [撤消] [] retrahere的重复动词 [缩回]
re- [re-]
re- [表示.后退.]
trahere [to draw]
trahere [拉]
V., tr., senses 2 and 3, and v., intr., sense 2, Middle English retracten
及物动词释义2和释义3，不及物动词释义2， 中古英语 retracten
from Old French retracter
源自 古法语 retracter
from Latin retractus [past participle of] retrahere [to draw back]
源自 拉丁语 retractus [] retrahere的过去分词 [缩回]

【引伸】
retract.abil.ity 或
retract.ibil.ity
n.（名词）
retract.able 或
retract.ible
adj.（形容词）
re.tracta.tion