revulsion
/rɪˈvʌlʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- a sense of disgust and loathing厌恶, 反感:
news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
袭击的消息将让人们悲伤和反感。
2
- Medicine, chiefly historical the drawing of disease or blood congestion from one part of the body to another, e.g. by counterirritation【医】〈主史〉诱导(法)。
词源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from French, or from Latin revulsio(n-), from revuls- 'torn out', from the verb revellere (from re- 'back' + vellere 'pull'). Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.