英和和英

読み方 もどる

自動詞

1

（＝帰る）to return; to go back; to come home

用例

• 宅が戻りましたらそう申します
  I will say so when he comes home.

• じきに戻る
  I shall not be long.

2

（＝後戻りする）to go backward; to back; to turn back:（進歩なら）to retrograde; to retrogress:（病人なら）to have a relapse

用例

• もと来た道へ戻る
  to turn back―retrace one's way―retrace one's steps―double on one's tracks

• 汽車が後へ戻った
  The train backed.

3

（＝縒り｛より｝などが戻る）to become undone:（発条などが戻る）to spring back; to run down

用例

• 時計が戻った
  The clock has run down.

• 縄の縒りが戻る
  A rope gets untwisted.
• 鍛えた身体の縒りが戻る
  to lose one's form
• 焼きが戻る
  （刀剣なら）A sword loses its temper―（老人なら）―A man grows decrepit
• お爺さんそろそろ焼きが戻って来た
  He shows signs of decrepitude
  His powers are falling him
  Age is telling on him.