Receding

(noun.) the act of becoming more distant.

(noun.) a slow or gradual disappearance.

(adj.) (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back .

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• Scarcely had it started than I gave the signal to Tars Tarkas, simultaneously springing for the receding half of the pivoting door. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The ice was receding, vegetation was increasing, big game of all sorts was becoming more abundant. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The receding footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr. John Dawkins, otherwise the Artful Dodger, appeared. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither receding nor advancing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• During this interval she had become a less vivid and importunate image, receding from his foreground as May Welland resumed her rightful place in it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Her face, encompassed by the blackness of the receding heath, showed whitely, and with-out half-lights, like a cameo. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Longstreet, in his retreat, would be moving towards his supplies, while our forces, following, would be receding from theirs. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Lovely, grateful silence seemed to trail behind the receding train. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Watson has remarked, in receding from polar toward equatorial latitudes, the Alpine or mountain flora really become less and less Arctic. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• A cloud of smoke drifted over the last ridge that he could see in the high country and the planes were three steadily receding specks in the sky. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He could still hear the receding drone. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The boat was gliding out on the receding tide. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The stretching and drawing of these thicker parts down to a uniform size by the receding of the carriage is the distinctive feature of its action. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It showed him the room, and the bills upon the wall respecting the drowned people starting out and receding by turns. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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