| 单词 | repel |
| 释义 | repel (rɪpel ) Word forms: repels , repelling , repelled 1. verb When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. [formal] They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack. [VERB noun] 2. verb When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel. [technical] Like poles repel, unlike poles attract. [VERB] As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other. [VERB noun] 3. verb [no cont] If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her. [VERB noun] Synonyms: disgust, offend, revolt, sicken repelled adjective She was very striking but in some way I felt repelled. Collocations: repel dirt This includes a protectant that helps to repel dirt. Times, Sunday Times I was led to believe this would help to repel dirt once the car's windscreen had been treated with it, but it hasn't worked like that. Times, Sunday Times Apply to damp hair and it works as a barrier to humidity, repels dirt and gives an impressive radiance boost. Times, Sunday Times The exoskeletons of kinorhynchs and other hard-bodied meiofauna are hydrophobic—they repel water—causing them to stick on the bubbles in the surface film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, spray with a protector to repel water and help to guard against future stains. Times, Sunday Times Apply after giving the shower a deep clean; it includes a protector that chemically bonds to the glass to repel water. Times, Sunday Times There are many products - some impregnate, while others seal and repel water. Times, Sunday Times With multiple coats the film will build an even protective film and gloss that may repel water, oil, grease and efflorescence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 击退 Japanese: 撃退する |
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