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

• His attempts to impress his neighbours recoiled on his wife and family.
  他欺压邻居的行径竟然报应到他妻子和家人的头上。
• The gun recoiled after being fired.
  射击后，枪反冲了一下。
• He recoiled at the sight.
  他一发现就躲了起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• She recoiled in horror at the thought of it.
  一想到那事，她就害怕得退缩了。
• He recoiled at the touch and his colour changed.
  我一碰使他倒退了几步，脸色也变了。
• He repressed this first, generous instinct, and recoiled before heroism.
  他抑制了最初的那种慷慨心情，在英雄主义面前退缩了。
• The gendarmes released Jean Valjean, who recoiled.
  警察释放了冉阿让，他向后退了几步。
• 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。