retardant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something. in-compounds,often
    — It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something in-compounds,often

词形变化

more retardant comparative most retardant superlative retardants plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant.
词源 2
Borrowed from French retardant, equivalent to retard (“to slow down”) + -ant.
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