| 释义 |
Adjective: repellent ri'pelunt- Serving or tending to repel
"I find his obsequiousness repellent"
- rebarbative, repellant - Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
"the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"
- disgusting, disgustful [archaic], distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky, loathful [archaic], yukky - Incapable of absorbing or mixing with
"a water-repellent fabric"
- resistant
Noun: repellent ri'pelunt- A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
- repellant - A chemical substance that repels animals
- repellant - The power to repel
"she knew many repellents to his advances"
- repellant
Derived forms: repellents See also: nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive, offensive, repel, unpleasant Type of: chemical compound, compound, power, powerfulness Encyclopedia: Repellent |