retract
英検準1級撤回する・引っ込める
意味
- …を引っ込ませる
- 〈宣言・約束など〉を撤回する,取り消す
- 引っ込む,縮む
- (約束などを)取り消す《+from+名》
例文
The cat retracted its claws.
猫はつめを引っ込めた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”). Doublet of retreat.