recoil

/rɪˈkɔɪl/📚 13527 69 1托福
If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you. 躲闪; 畏缩

verb [vi. 不及物动词]畏缩;弹回;报应

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. (
因厌恶而) 拒绝

noun [抽象名词]畏缩;弹回;反作用

Recoil is also a noun.
躲闪; 畏缩 •  ...his small body jerking in recoil from the volume of his shouting.  …他小小身体在他大声的叫喊中畏缩地抽搐着。

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