| 单词 | recoil |
| 释义 | recoil —recoilingly, adv. v. /ri koyl"/; n. /ree"koyl', ri koyl"/, v.i. 1. to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust. 2. to spring or fly back, as in consequence of force of impact or the force of the discharge, as a firearm. 3. to spring or come back; react (usually fol. by on or upon): Plots frequently recoil upon the plotters. 4. Physics. (of an atom, a nucleus, or a particle) to undergo a change in momentum as a result either of a collision with an atom, a nucleus, or a particle or of the emission of a particle. n. 5. an act of recoiling. 6. the distance through which a weapon moves backward after discharging. [1175-1225; ME recoilen, reculen (v.) < OF reculer, equiv. to re- RE- + -culer, v. deriv. of cul rump, buttocks; see CULET] Syn. 1. withdraw, quail, flinch, falter. See wince. 2. rebound. |
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