| 词汇 | retractable |
| 释义 | retractable adjective formaluk /rɪˈtræk.tə.bəl/ us /rɪˈtræk.tə.bəl/ that can be pulled back or in: 可缩回的;可收起的 Cats have retractable claws.猫的爪子可以伸缩。 The house has a swimming pool with a retractable roof.这栋房子有一个带可伸缩屋顶的游泳池。 See retract a retractable needle/syringe The pool is equipped with a fully retractable safety cover. Many major new stadiums around the world have retractable seating so they can accommodate athletics. Pulling draft drag drag someone away draught draw something up haul heave heave-ho heft hitch something up pull at something reel reel something in/out retract suck tow tow-away traction wrest yank Examples of retractableretractable The robot is 5 metres long, 4 metres wide and 1.5 metres high, with the rotor 2.5 metres in diameter and the undercarriage retractable. Animals were trained to press a retractable lever for 60 sec of wheel running. Devices such as translucent retractable blinds positioned away from the occupants to reduce re-emission of heat and allowing diffuse daylight to enter the main building, may be used. We have applied the technique for infants and children because their sternum and thorax are widely retractable, and because the aorta is easily mobilized for cannulation. Played back in countless places, it is now a kind of expandable and retractable architecture, mapping and remapping social spaces in homes, college hostels, marketplaces, parties and picnics. It is therefore recommended that atria in the southern climate should be designed so that they can be converted into opened spaces in summer by using retractable roofs. In 1935, there came the pattern of commercial aircraft that we know to-day, with stressed-skin wings, retractable undercarriages and variable-pitch propellers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should have an aero-dynamic animal, with the one difficulty that the undercarriage could never be retractable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How is it that we do not find incorporated in such machines devices like retractable undercarriages, slots and variable pitched propellers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They introduced variable pitch propellers, flaps and retractable under carriages, thus transforming civil aviation and adding another 100 miles an hour to its speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come from part of a country where there were no child seats or child restraint systems at all ten years ago and retractable seat belts were a luxury. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Moreover, technical improvements like the retractable under-carriage, and the increasing weight and speed of aircraft, are themselves, when they first come into use, potential sources of accidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The entire pitch and arena can be covered with a retractable roof, so that a variety of games can be played in all weathers—even when there is deep snow outside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that mean the retractable loop design? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Originally skids were used for landing, but the majority now land on wheels, often retractable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of retractable These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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