英语词汇“recoil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

recoilrecoil1 /rɪˈkɔɪl/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYrecoil¹

Origin: 1100-1200 Old French reculer, from cul ass

VERB TABLE

recoil

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	recoil
	he, she, it	recoils
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	recoiled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have recoiled
	he, she, it	has recoiled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had recoiled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will recoil
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have recoiled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am recoiling
	he, she, it	is recoiling
	you, we, they	are recoiling
Past	I, he, she, it	was recoiling
	you, we, they	were recoiling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been recoiling
	he, she, it	has been recoiling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been recoiling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be recoiling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been recoiling

COLLOCATIONS► recoiled in horror

People recoiled in horror from the destruction of the war.

1to feel such a strong dislike of a particular situation that you want to avoid it: recoil from/at She recoiled at the violence on screen. People recoiled in horror from the destruction of the war.2to move back suddenly and quickly from something you do not like or are afraid of SYN shrink: recoil from/at Anna recoiled from his touch.3if a gun recoils, it moves backward very quickly when it is fired [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French reculer, from cul ass]