re·tired /rɪˈtaɪrd/
(a.)隱退的,退休的,退役的
Re·tire v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.]
1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney.
As when the sun is present all the year,
And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies.
2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
Re·tired a.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne.
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
Retired flank Fort., a flank bent inward toward the rear of the work.
Retired list Mil. & Naval, a list of officers, who, by reason of advanced age or other disability, are relieved from active service, but still receive a specified amount of pay from the government.
-- Re*tired*ly, adv. -- Re*tired*ness, n.
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retired
adj 1: no longer active in your work or profession
2: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your
title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in
`professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need
not imply that one is inactive [syn: emeritus]
3: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at
second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [syn: out(p)]
[ant: safe(p)]
4: (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was
placed out of service after the war" [syn: out of service]
5: discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a
pension; "a superannuated civil servant" [syn: superannuated]