If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you.
例句
For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror...我當時以為他要親我，所以嚇得直往后退。We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.我們會被好聞的味道吸引，難聞的味道則會讓我們退避三舍。
VERB
（因為不喜歡而）拒絕，回絕，退避
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.
例句
People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt...過去人們不能接受欠債這種事情。She recoiled at the number of young girls who had to live by selling their bodies.那么多年輕的女孩不得不靠出賣肉體謀生，她覺得難以接受。
N-SING
（槍炮的）反沖
The recoil of a gun is the quick backward movement that it makes when it is fired.
例句
The policeman fires again, tensed against the recoil, unleashing round after round at his assailant...警察再次開火，緊抵著反沖機構，不斷向襲擊他的人射擊。I assembled the weapon, checked the firing and recoil mechanism and loaded it.我把家伙組裝起來，檢查了一下擊發和反沖機構，裝上子彈。