retard

🇺🇸 /rɪˈtɑːrd/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈtɑːd/
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verb
R

to slow down the growth or progress of something

Early surgery can retard the disease from getting worse.

早期手术可以延缓病情恶化。

noun
R

a hurtful term for someone you think is very slow or not smart

He called her a retard for not understanding the joke.

他称她为弱智,因为她没有听懂那个笑话。

translation

v. 延缓
n. 智障(侮辱性用语)

词形变化

3rd Present retards
Progressive retarding
Past retarded
Perfect retarded
Plural retards