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 recoil [ri'kɒil]   添加此单词到默认生词本
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


    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.

    1. It will recoil from a course which would threaten an end to the longest period in government since Lord Liverpool's premiership 180 years ago. They may well be right.
    2. But, when push comes to shove, they recoil also from the fury of the hardliners.
    3. They recoil from his straightness and clappy-happy evangelism.
    4. Non-presidents, however, occasionally recoil at the sky-high prices in Rodeo shops.
    5. Now, Mr. James thinks the equipment may have been part of a gun's recoil mechanism.
    6. The streetwise investor should recoil in horror at any company which starts pontificating about the definition of profit on being asked when it will first make one.
    7. The woman has been taught that firing a gun is going to hurt, she fears the recoil, but what she is really afraid of is the noise, Farmer says.
    8. Often, the missile's recoil is so great that the soldier's aim is thrown off.
    9. The company Walter Somers, a subsidiary of Eagle Trust, said Tuesday it was now concerned that hydraulic gear sent to Iraq in October could be used as part of a shock absorber, possibly a hydraulic recoil mechanism, in a huge gun.
    10. In fact, many millions of Indians recoil at the taste of chili.
    11. The scene in which this imperial couple recoil in disbelief and horror as the soldiers begin tying them, prior to their execution in December 1989, is altogether unforgettable, not only for its horror but also for its resemblance to satire.
    12. The rifle's recoil slammed the scope into Cameron's face, cutting his forehead.
    13. Most politicians would recoil at such a reception, but the pugilistic Mr. Weicker seems to revel in being reviled.
    14. By emerging as the champion of entrepreneurs, Republicans can enhance U.S. competitiveness and attract millions of people who now recoil from the GOP as the party of corporate fat cats.
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