retardant
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How to pronounce retardant in British English:
英 [rɪ'tɑ:dənt]
How to pronounce retardant in American English:
美 [rɪ'tɑdənt]
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- Noun:
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
单词词源
- retardant (adj.)
- 1640s, from retard (v.) + -ant or from Latin retardantem (nominative retardans), present participle of retardare. From 1952 as a noun, "retardant substance."
双语例句
- 1. Present status and developing tendency of flame retardant .
- 2. Formulas for the intumescent polyurethane flame retardant coating .
- 3. The paper descr bes demands for oxidation relardant solution and illustrates some oxidation retardant solutions which shows different tendencies at home and abroad and their formulating and applying methods .
- 4. Many products contained multiple flame retardant chemicals .
- 5. Workers then cover the bricks with a film similar to the coating used on smartphone screens -- which makes the panels fire retardant and waterproof -- and hang them on a steel frame .