recoiled

英 [rɪˈkɔɪld]

美 [rɪˈkɔɪld]

v.  退缩; 畏缩; 对…作出厌恶(或恐惧)的反应; 反冲; 产生后坐力
recoil的过去分词和过去式

过去式：recoiled　

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /rɪ'kɔɪl/. The noun is pronounced /'riːkɔɪl/. 动词读作/rɪ'kɔɪl/。名词读作/'riːkɔɪl/。


• VERB 退缩;后退
  If something makes yourecoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you.
  1. For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror...
     我当时以为他要亲我，所以吓得直往后退。
  2. We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.
     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。
  3. Recoilis also a noun.
     
  4. His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.
     他的反应既是身体的退缩，也是一种断然的拒绝。
  5. ...his small body jerking in recoil from the volume of his shouting.
     他的小身板儿被他的喊叫声吓得猛地一缩
• VERB （因为不喜欢而）拒绝，回绝，退避
  If yourecoil fromdoing something orrecoil atthe idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much.
  1. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt...
     过去人们不能接受欠债这种事情。
  2. She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies.
     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。
• N-SING （枪炮的）反冲
  Therecoilof a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He recoiled at the touch and his colour changed.
  我一碰使他倒退了几步，脸色也变了。
• As we have just said, on catching sight of that black silhouette standing on guard at the angle of the Rue Droit-Mur and the Rue Petit-Picpus, he recoiled.
  正如我们先头所说的，他望见有一个黑影把守在直壁街和比克布斯小街的转角处，便往后退。
• He recoiled, but she laid her hand upon his arm.
  他退让，但是她已经把她的一只手放在他的手臂上。
• The others recoiled in horror and suggested I needed urgently to rethink my management style.
  大家闻言大惊失色，认为我迫切需要反思自己的管理风格。
• His cruelty to others recoiled in the end on himself.
  他对别人的残暴最终报应在自己身上。
• The advancing troops recoiled before the counterattack.
  前进部队遭遇反攻而退却。
• He now recoiled in equal terror before both the resolutions at which he had arrived in turn.
  现在他对自己先后轮流作出决定的那两种办法，同样感到畏缩不前。
• He recoiled at the sight.
  他一发现就躲了起来。
• I recoiled in horror from the snake.
  那条蛇把我吓得直往后缩。
• She recoiled at the idea of paying$ 70 for a theatre ticket.
  想到付70元买一张戏票她退缩了。