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recoil
[英] [rɪˈkɔɪl] [美] [rɪˈkɔɪl] 生词本

vi.

n.

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The verb is pronounced /rɪ'kɔɪl/. The noun is pronounced /'riːkɔɪl/. 动词读作/rɪ'kɔɪl/。名词读作/'riːkɔɪl/。
1. VERB 退缩;后退 If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you. 

  • For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror...

    我当时以为他要亲我，所以吓得直往后退。

  • We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.

    我们会被好闻的味道吸引，难闻的味道则会让我们退避三舍。

  • Recoil is also a noun.

    • His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.

      他的反应既是身体的退缩，也是一种断然的拒绝。

    • ...his small body jerking in recoil from the volume of his shouting.

      他的小身板儿被他的喊叫声吓得猛地一缩

2. VERB （因为不喜欢而）拒绝，回绝，退避 If you recoil from doing something or recoil at the idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much. 

  • People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt...

    过去人们不能接受欠债这种事情。

  • She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies.

    那么多年轻的女孩不得不靠出卖肉体谋生，她觉得难以接受。

3. N-SING （枪炮的）反冲 The recoil of a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired. 

  • The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil, unleashing round after round at his assailant...

    警察再次开火，紧抵着反冲机构，不断向袭击他的人射击。

  • I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it.

    我把家伙组装起来，检查了一下击发和反冲机构，装上子弹。

Noun

1. the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

2. a movement back from an impact

Verb

1. draw back, as with fear or pain;

  • "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

2. spring back; spring away from an impact;

  • "The rubber ball bounced"
  • "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

3. spring back, as from a forceful thrust;

  • "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

体育

  • 1.后坐力

力学

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  • 1.反冲

化学

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  • 1.反冲

物理学

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  • 1.反冲

计算机

  • 1.重绕
1. Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.
许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.
报复者常会受到报应。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》