be retracted
用于描述爪子、机械部件等处于缩回状态。
The cat's claws are retracted when it is relaxed.
猫放松时爪子是缩回的。
缩回的；收拢的
后移的；舌位靠后的；斜切截断的；缩回并内收,如猫的爪子。；发音位置更靠后。；斜截:沿与主方向成对角线的线切开。
Drawn back or folded inward, as a cat's claws when not in use.
缩回并内收,如猫的爪子。
Withdrawn back and in, as the claws of a cat.
发音位置更靠后。
Pronounced further back in the vocal tract.
斜截:沿与主方向成对角线的线切开。
Couped bendwise: cut off by a line diagonal to the main direction.
The cat's claws are retracted when it is relaxed.
猫在放松时爪子是收起来的。
用法提示：“retracted”作形容词，描述爪子收起的状态。
Before takeoff, ensure the landing gear is retracted.
起飞前确保起落架已收起。
用法提示：“retracted”描述起落架收起的状态。
The pen's tip is retracted, so it won't leak ink.
笔尖是缩回去的，所以不会漏墨。
用法提示：“retracted”描述笔尖缩回的状态。
用于描述爪子、机械部件等处于缩回状态。
The cat's claws are retracted when it is relaxed.
猫放松时爪子是缩回的。
强调缩回状态持续不变。
The claws remained retracted while the cat slept.
猫睡觉时爪子一直缩着。
with 短语描述伴随状态，名词多为 claws 等身体部位。
The cat lay on the sofa with retracted claws.
猫缩着爪子躺在沙发上。
作定语直接修饰名词，常见搭配有 retracted claws。
The retracted claws did not scratch the furniture.
缩回的爪子没有抓坏家具。
grammar · medium
易错句子The turtle's head is retracted to its shell.
正确表达The turtle's head is retracted into its shell.
表示缩回壳内这一封闭空间时，英语用介词 into，不用 to；to 只表示方向或终点，不能表达“进入内部”，所以改成 into its shell。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cat's claws are in retracted position.
正确表达The cat's claws are in a retracted position.
position 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 a；retracted 只是修饰 position 的形容词，不能替代冠词。汉语无冠词，容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cat has retracted claw.
正确表达The cat has retracted claws.
claw 是可数名词；泛指猫的多个爪子时要用复数 claws，不能像汉语那样用单数裸名词。
retracted 多指身体部位或装置实际缩回（如爪子、起落架）；withdrawn 作形容词常指人内向害羞，或指提议、部队等被撤回/停止提供。描述物理缩回时 retracted 更具体，withdrawn 更常带‘不再参与/供应’意味。
retractile 表示‘能够缩回’的能力（如猫爪），retracted 表示‘已经缩回’的状态；retractile claws 指可缩回的爪子这一类型，claws are retracted 指爪子处于缩回状态。
refracted 指光线、声波等发生折射，retracted 指物理上缩回或撤回；二者拼写和发音相近，但语义领域不同，不能互换。
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