n. 畏缩, 后退, 弹回, 反作用, 后坐力

vi. 退却, 畏缩, 弹回, 撤退, 反冲, 报应

[化] 反冲

Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. t.
To draw or go back. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Recoil \Re*coil"\, n.
1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as,
the recoil of nature, or of the blood.

2. The state or condition of having recoiled.

The recoil from formalism is skepticism. --F. W.
Robertson.

3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when
discharged.

{Recoil dynamometer} (Gunnery), an instrument for measuring
the force of the recoil of a firearm.

{Recoil escapement}. See the Note under {Escapement}.


Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recoiled}
(r[-e]*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recoiling}.] [OE. recoilen,
F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The
English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.

Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton.

The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . .
. that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
--De Quincey.

2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing,
alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak.

3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.] ``To your bowers recoil.'' --Spenser.