The verb is pronounced /rɪ'kɔɪl/. The noun is pronounced /'riːkɔɪl/. 动词读作/rɪ'kɔɪl/。名词读作/'riːkɔɪl/。
1 VERB 退缩;后退 If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you. 退缩;后退
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For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror. [VERB]
我当时以为他要亲我,所以吓得直往后退。
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We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones. [VERB + from]
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。
2 VERB (因为不喜欢而)拒绝,回绝,退避 If you recoil from doing something or recoil at the idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much. (因为不喜欢而)拒绝,回绝,退避
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People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt. [VERB + from]
过去人们不能接受欠债这种事情。
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She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies. [VERB + at]
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。
SYN draw back, shrink, falter, shy away
3 N-SING [also no determiner] (枪炮的)反冲 The recoil of a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired. (枪炮的)反冲
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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。
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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。
SYN kickback, kick
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