Significats de retract into en anglès

Peter and Alicia watched in silence as the gates commenced to retract into their pockets.

It was streaked with black hair, the fingers beginning to contort and retract into talons.

Could they retract into their shells?

Downing seemed to retract into himself for a moment: whatever was about to come out was apparently kept deep within.

The knife blade, which was supposed to retract into the handle to make it look as though the victim had been stabbed, didn't work.

That great burning column is still there, but it's constricting, narrowing-it looks like the funnel of a tornado, about to retract into the clouds.

The robot arms finished their task and retracted into the ceiling.

A click and the heavy door retracted into the adjacent bulkhead.

The screen retracted into the ceiling and the dimmed lights brightened.

It spoke to the group for twenty minutes before being retracted into Fischer's body.

The smile was gone now, retracted into habitual cat-like calm.

The door retracted into its recess to reveal Ben Tallen in the corridor beyond.

The way through into the lobby stood open, the security doors retracted into their recesses.

Nature is retracted into thought, built again in mind.

There is theatre-type seating which retracts into the wall.

It was covered with sleek black hair, and the fingers had retracted into white claws.