单词 | knee-jerk reflex |
释义 | knee-jerk reflex (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY knee-jerk reflex USAGE EXAMPLESThey see it as not just a knee-jerk reflex but as something we can control. New York Times(Mar 21, 2016) Other researchers contended that the response was not a sign of consciousness, but something involuntary, like a knee-jerk reflex. Nature(Jun 13, 2012) n a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon Syn|Hyper knee jerk, patellar reflex inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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