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

• Turnus threw his lance, but it recoiled harmless from the shield of Aeneas.
  图努斯投了一枪，但标枪从埃涅阿斯的盾牌上弹了回来，没有造成任何伤害。
• 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。
• He recoiled at the touch and his colour changed.
  我一碰使他倒退了几步，脸色也变了。
• She recoiled from the savagery in his voice.
  他凶神恶煞般的说话声令她畏缩不前。
• He now recoiled in equal terror before both the resolutions at which he had arrived in turn.
  现在他对自己先后轮流作出决定的那两种办法，同样感到畏缩不前。
• It was before the Thenardier that she recoiled.
  结果她在德纳第大娘的面前退缩了。
• You recoiled away from anything of the sort.
  你对这类事总是唯恐躲之不及。
• Without knocking or calling out, he pushed open the door and instinctively recoiled.
  顾不得敲门，顾不得叫一声，他一把拉开了门。一拉开门，他本能的退了回来。
• 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 at the thought.
  他一想起来就害怕。