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

• 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 others recoiled in horror and suggested I needed urgently to rethink my management style.
  大家闻言大惊失色，认为我迫切需要反思自己的管理风格。
• 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 recoiled, but she laid her hand upon his arm.
  他退让，但是她已经把她的一只手放在他的手臂上。
• She recoiled in horror at the thought of it.
  一想到那事，她就害怕得退缩了。
• 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 advancing troops recoiled before the counterattack.
  前进部队遭遇反攻而退却。
• 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。
• His cruelty to others recoiled in the end on himself.
  他对别人的残暴最终报应在自己身上。
• 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。