retards是什么意思？

retards

• v. 使减速( retard的第三人称单数 )，妨碍，阻止，推迟；

例句

• Lack of sun retards plant growth. 光照不足则植物生长缓慢.
• A serologic reaction retards the growth of the pollen tube. 血清反应阻止花粉管生长.
• Cold weather retards the growth of the crops. 寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长.
• COMBUSTIBILITY: Does not burn. Retards the flame when coated on combustible materials such as Styrofoam. 可燃性: 不燃烧. 涂抹在易燃材料表面例如聚苯乙烯材料可阻燃.
• The slow dissolution of coarse cementite in bainite retards the precipitation rate of carbides during tempering. 回火时,贝氏体中粗大的渗碳体溶解较慢,减慢了合金碳化物的析出速率.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  延迟;减缓;妨碍
  If something retards a process, or the development of something, it makes it happen more slowly.
  例句
  Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future. 持续不断的暴力活动会阻碍关系到国家未来的谈判的进行。
• N-COUNT
  笨蛋;傻子
  If you describe someone as a retard, you mean that they have not developed normally, either mentally or socially.
  例句
  What the hell do I want with an emotional retard? 和一个感情用事的傻瓜在一起，我究竟是图什么？