The verb is pronounced /r?'k??l/. The noun is pronounced /'ri?k??l/. 動(dòng)詞讀作/r?'k??l/。名詞讀作/'ri?k??l/。
1. 退縮;后退 If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you.
e.g. For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror... 我當時(shí)以為他要親我，所以嚇得直往后退。 e.g. We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones. 我們會(huì )被好聞的味道吸引，難聞的味道則會(huì )讓我們退避三舍。
2. （因為不喜歡而）拒絕，回絕，退避 If you recoil from doing something or recoil at the idea of something, you refuse to do it or accept it because you dislike it so much.
e.g. People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt... 過(guò)去人們不能接受欠債這種事情。 e.g. She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies. 那么多年輕的女孩不得不靠出賣(mài)肉體謀生，她覺(jué)得難以接受。
3. （槍炮的）反沖 The recoil of a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired.
e.g. The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil, unleashing round after round at his assailant... 警察再次開(kāi)火，緊抵著(zhù)反沖機構，不斷向襲擊他的人射擊。 e.g. I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it. 我把家伙組裝起來(lái)，檢查了一下?lián)舭l(fā)和反沖機構，裝上子彈。
recoil英英釋義
noun
1. a movement back from an impact
Synonym: repercussionreboundbacklash
2. the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Synonym: kick
recoil
verb
1. spring back, as from a forceful thrust
e.g. The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Synonym: kick backkick
2. spring back spring away from an impact
e.g. The rubber ball bounced These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Synonym: bounceresiletake a hopspringboundreboundreverberatericochet
3. draw back, as with fear or pain
e.g. she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
Synonym: flinchsquinchfunkcringeshrinkwincequail
4. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
e.g. Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble