recoil
因驚恐或厭惡退縮·彈回；後退·後座力；反衝
分清退縮與反衝
Some people recoil at the thought of eating insects for dinner.
有些人一想到晚餐吃昆蟲就退縮。
義項
因驚恐或厭惡退縮C1verb因驚恐或厭惡退縮
Some people recoil at the thought of eating insects for dinner.
有些人一想到晚餐吃昆蟲就退縮。
recoil in fearrecoil in disgust
彈回C1verb彈回；後退
The spring will recoil when you let it go.
你放開彈簧時，它會彈回去。
recoil on impact
後座力C1noun後座力；反衝
He felt the recoil of the rifle against his shoulder.
他感到步槍的後座力撞向肩膀。
gun recoilsudden recoil
片語
recoil at the thought of退縮 →一想到就退縮
recoil from縮回 →因某事而退縮
你會不會這樣說？
Mia saw a big spider and recoiled. 這表示 Mia 往前靠近蜘蛛，是嗎？
看答案
不是
recoil 指受驚往後縮，不是靠近。