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J21197385knee-jerkSpoken.93Fiction.33Magazine.91Newspaper.122Academic.46 N4760440knee-jerkSpoken.14Fiction.9Magazine.6Newspaper.8Academic.3a sudden involuntary reflex kick caused by a blow on the tendon just below the knee 膝反射。
attrib. 1(of a response) automatic and unthinking (反应)自动的, 不假思索的; 机械的: a knee-jerk reaction. 自动的反应。
1.1(of a person) responding in this way (人)自动反应的: knee-jerk radicals. 不假思索、自动跟进的激进分子。
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