| 单词 | recoil |
| 释义 | recoil v. & n. --vintr. 1. suddenly move or spring back in fear, horror, or disgust. 2. shrink mentally in this way. 3. rebound after an impact. 4. (foll. by on, upon) have an adverse reactive effect on (the originator). 5. (of a gun) be driven backwards by its discharge. 6. retreat under an enemy's attack. 7. Physics (of an atom etc.) move backwards by the conservation of momentum on emission of a particle. --n also 1 the act or an instance of recoiling. 2. the sensation of recoiling. Etymology: ME f. OF reculer (as RE-, L culus buttocks) |
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