recoil

英 [r?'k??l] 美['rik??l]

GRETOEFL低頻詞擴展詞匯

第三人稱單數:?recoils;過去式:?recoiled;過去分詞:?recoiled;現在分詞:?recoiling;

recoil 后退，后座力，畏縮

來自古法語 reculer,向后移動，來自 re-,向后，往回，culer-,后面，來自拉丁語 culus,底部，屁

recoil: recoil: [13] Recoil has no connection with coil. In fact, etymologically it means virtually ‘withdraw backside first’, for it was coined in French on the basis of cul ‘arse, backside’. This went back to Latin cūlus ‘arse’, which was probably related to Sanskrit kūla- ‘rearguard’.
recoil (n.): c. 1300, "retreat," from Old French recul "recoil, backward movement, retreat," from reculer (see recoil (v.)). Meaning "back-kick of a firearm" is from 1570s.
recoil (v.): early 13c. (transitive) "force back, drive back," from Old French reculer "to go back, give way, recede, retreat" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *reculare, from Latin re- "back" (see re-) + culus "backside, bottom, fundament." Meaning "shrink back, retreat" is first recorded c. 1300; and that of "spring back" (as a gun) in 1520s. Related: Recoiled; recoiling.

1. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt.: 過去人們不能接受欠債這種事情。

2. His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.: 他的反應既是身體的退縮，也是一種斷然的拒絕。

3. We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.: 我們會被好聞的味道吸引，難聞的味道則會讓我們退避三舍。