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英英字典: recoil


KK Pronunciation

〔 rIˋkɒIl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 riˊkɒil 〕


Overview of noun recoil

The noun recoil has 2 senses



Overview of verb recoil

The verb recoil has 4 senses


  • flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail -- (draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf")

  • backfire, backlash, recoil -- (come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble")

  • bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet -- (spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide")

  • kick back, recoil, kick -- (spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder")

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