recoiled

英 [rɪˈkɔɪld]

美 [rɪˈkɔɪld]

v.  退缩; 畏缩; 对…作出厌恶(或恐惧)的反应; 反冲; 产生后坐力
recoil的过去分词和过去式

过去式：recoiled　

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /rɪ'kɔɪl/. The noun is pronounced /'riːkɔɪl/. 动词读作/rɪ'kɔɪl/。名词读作/'riːkɔɪl/。


• VERB 退缩;后退
  If something makes yourecoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you.
  1. For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror...
     我当时以为他要亲我，所以吓得直往后退。
  2. We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.
     我们会被好闻的味道吸引，难闻的味道则会让我们退避三舍。
  3. Recoilis also a noun.
     
  4. His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.
     他的反应既是身体的退缩，也是一种断然的拒绝。
  5. ...his small body jerking in recoil from the volume of his shouting.
     他的小身板儿被他的喊叫声吓得猛地一缩
• VERB （因为不喜欢而）拒绝，回绝，退避
  If yourecoil fromdoing something orrecoil atthe idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much.
  1. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt...
     过去人们不能接受欠债这种事情。
  2. She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies.
     那么多年轻的女孩不得不靠出卖肉体谋生，她觉得难以接受。
• N-SING （枪炮的）反冲
  Therecoilof a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired.
  1. The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil, unleashing round after round at his assailant...
     警察再次开火，紧抵着反冲机构，不断向袭击他的人射击。
  2. I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it.
     我把家伙组装起来，检查了一下击发和反冲机构，装上子弹。

双语例句

• Catherine tried to follow these words, but they seemed to lead toward a vague horror from which she recoiled.
  凯瑟琳想把这些话听完，但这些话仿佛要把她引向一种她刚退却下来莫名的恐惧。
• He recoiled from the idea of scolding the bishop's wife, in the bishop's presence.
  他本想当着主教的面斥责主教的妻子，却又畏缩起来。
• The child recoiled from the door, and it closed upon her.
  孩子瑟缩地退了出来，门立即关上了。
• The gun recoiled after being fired.
  射击后，枪反冲了一下。
• You recoiled away from anything of the sort.
  你对这类事总是唯恐躲之不及。
• When I mentioned this idea to one of the few British economists who understands both banking and modern macroeconomics he recoiled in horror.
  当我向少数既了解银行业、也了解现代宏观经济学的英国经济学家中的一位提及上述观点时，他避之惟恐不及。
• The advancing troops recoiled before the counterattack.
  前进部队遭遇反攻而退却。
• As we have just said, on catching sight of that black silhouette standing on guard at the angle of the Rue Droit-Mur and the Rue Petit-Picpus, he recoiled.
  正如我们先头所说的，他望见有一个黑影把守在直壁街和比克布斯小街的转角处，便往后退。
• I recoiled in horror from the snake.
  那条蛇把我吓得直往后缩。
• I recoiled at seeing a dead cat on the road A god of death can extend his life by putting human names on the note, but humans cannot.
  我在路上看见一只死猫而向后退缩。死神可以靠写在死亡笔记上人名而延长寿命，而人却不能。