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

• The gun recoiled after being fired.
  射击后，枪反冲了一下。
• The advancing troops recoiled before the counterattack.
  前进部队遭遇反攻而退却。
• The girl recoiled at seeing a dead mouse.
  那女孩看到一只死老鼠直往后缩。
• 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。
• 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 in horror at the thought of it.
  一想到那事，她就害怕得退缩了。
• 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。
• It was before the Thenardier that she recoiled.
  结果她在德纳第大娘的面前退缩了。
• She recoiled at the idea of paying$ 70 for a theatre ticket.
  想到付70元买一张戏票她退缩了。