recoil betydelse and definition

Betydelse av recoil på svenska

• 0 to move back because of fear or disgust (= dislike or disapproval):

  • He leaned forward to kiss her and she recoiled in horror.

  • I recoiled from the smell and the filth.

  • She wondered how it would be to touch him and recoiled at the thought.

• 1 the sudden backward movement that a gun makes when it is fired

• 2 to make a sudden movement away from something esp. because of fear or disgust:

  • fig. Sun-worshipers might recoil in horror at the chilling winds and rough seas, but we loved the place.

• 3 the sudden, backward movement that a gun makes when it is fired