| 释义 |
recalcitrate, v.|rɪˈkælsɪtreɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. recalcitrāre to kick out (Horace), to be refractory (Vulgate): see re- and calcitrate v.]
1. intr. To kick out, kick backwards. rare. (Now only with fig. connotation, as in b.)
1623Cockeram, Recalcitrate, to kicke with the heele. 1656in Blount Glossogr. 1852W. Wickenden Hunchback's Chest 258 Another was recalcitrating like a kicking horse. 1852Fraser's Mag. XLV. 176 We recalcitrate with all our heels against the conclusion.
b. To ‘kick out’ against or at a thing; to show strong objection or repugnance; to manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; to be obstinately disobedient or refractory.
1767Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. xxxiii, Why then did the delicacy of Diogenes and Plato so recalcitrate against it? 1824Blackw. Mag. XV. 563 Many good fellows..have recalcitrated against every proposal. 1852Landor Wks. (1876) II. 126 Those who..recalcitrate at their caresses, they threaten with Tartarus. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. ii. i. (1873) 42 Slothfulness always recalcitrates against an effort of mind.
2. trans. To kick back. rare.
1832Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 745 When this man..was stopping the rock with his feet, to recalcitrate it upon the enemy. a1859De Quincey (Ogilvie), The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks.
Hence reˈcalcitrating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iii. vi, There is nothing but rebellious debating and recalcitrating. 1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent i. v. 129 Seeming to force, and to exult in forcing, a mystery upon recalcitrating minds. |