retard

🇺🇸 /rɪˈtɑːrd/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈtɑːd/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
verb
R

to slow down the growth or progress of something

Early surgery can retard the disease from getting worse.

早期手術可以延緩病情惡化。

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.

他稱她為弱智,因為她不懂那個笑話。

translation

v. 延緩
n. 智障(侮辱性用語)

詞形變化

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