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To recoil is to suddenly move backward, usually because you feel fear, shock, or disgust — you might recoil from a spider, or recoil at some upsetting news. It's also the word for the sudden backward kick a gun makes when it's .
（因害怕、噁心）向後退縮；（槍）後座力
組成Re- (back) + coil (to wind around) — the old sense was a spring coiling back.
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
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recoilnoun/ˈɹiːkɔɪl/
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A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
- the recoil of nature, or of the blood
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The state or condition of having recoiled.
- The recoil from formalism is skepticism.
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engineeringfirearmsgovernmentThe energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
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An escapement in which, after each beat, the scape-wheel recoils slightly.
recoilverb/ɹɪˈkɔɪl/
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To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
- He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.
- For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines. As we marveled at their ability to beat chess champions and predict protein structures, we also recoiled from their inherent uncanniness, not to mention the threats to our sense of humanity.
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archaicTo recoil before an opponent.
- that rude rout […] forced them, how ever strong and stout / They were, as well approv'd in many a doubt, / Backe to recule […]
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engineeringgovernmentmilitaryOf a firearm: to quickly push back when fired.
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obsoleteTo retire, withdraw.
- Ye both forwearied be: therefore a whyle / Iread you rest, and to your bowres recoyle.
- Thus vvhen this Courtly Gentleman vvith toyle / Himſelfe hath vvearied, he doth recoyle / Vnto his reſt, and there vvith ſvveete delight / Of Muſicks skill reuiues his toyled ſpright, […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。