recoil
- IPA[rɪˈkɔɪl]
英式
- suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust；feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something
- the action of recoiling
verb: recoil, 3rd person present: recoils, gerund or present participle: recoiling, past tense: recoiled, past participle: recoiled
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust he recoiled in horror 同義詞
- ▪ feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought 同義詞
- 2. rebound or spring back through force of impact or elasticity the muscle has the ability to recoil
- ▪ (of a gun) move abruptly backwards as a reaction on firing a bullet, shell, or other missile the rifle recoiled 同義詞
- ▪ (of an action) have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator) if man upsets his planetary ecosystem it will automatically recoil upon him 同義詞
名詞
- 1. the action of recoiling his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle
- 更多解釋
- suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust: he recoiled in horror
- the action of recoiling: his body jerked with the recoil of the rifle
Oxford American Dictionary
