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单词 repellingly
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•pel /rɪˈpɛl/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -pelled, -pel•ling. 
  1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.):The army repelled the last invasion.
  2. to fail to mix with:Water and oil repel each other.
  3. to resist the absorption of:This coat repels rain.
  4. to cause a feeling of distaste or dislike:She was repelled by his bad manners.
  5. to push away by a force (opposed to attract ):The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.
See -pel-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•pel  (ri pel),USA pronunciation v., -pelled, -pel•ling. 
v.t. 
  1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  2. to thrust back or away.
  3. to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
  4. to keep off or out;
    fail to mix with:Water and oil repel each other.
  5. to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid):This coat repels rain.
  6. to refuse to have to do with;
    resist involvement in:to repel temptation.
  7. to refuse to accept or admit;
    reject:to repel a suggestion.
  8. to discourage the advances of (a person):He repelled me with his harshness.
  9. to cause distaste or aversion in:Their untidy appearance repelled us.
  10. to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract):The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.

v.i. 
  1. to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
  2. to cause distaste or aversion.
  • Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent. to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
  • Middle English repellen 1350–1400
re•pellence, re•pellen•cy, n. 
re•peller, n. 
re•pelling•ly, adv. 
re•pelling•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repulse, parry, ward off.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged withstand, oppose, rebuff.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decline, rebuff.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged attract.

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