repulse

FREQ #42517

n. 击退, 拒绝 vt. 厌恶, 击退, 拒绝

发音

其它 /ɹɪˈpʌls/

词形变化

repulses 复数 repulses repulsed repulses 三单 repulsing repulsing 现在分词 repulsed 过去式 repulsed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.

  2. 2.

    Refusal, rejection or repulsion.

v.
  1. 1.

    To repel or drive back.

    及物

    to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy

  2. 2.

    To reject or rebuff.

    及物

    to repulse a suitor

  3. 3.

    To cause revulsion in; to repel.

    及物

    The smell of rotting food repulsed me.

    I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

snub rebuff

上位词 1

rejection
动词

同义词 7

drive repel rebuff fight off beat back drive back push back

上位词 8

fight force push defend oppose displease fight back fight down

下位词 7

disgust revolt sicken nauseate turn off churn up put off

近义相关 1

drive

相关短语

Repulse Bay 浅水湾

词源

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”). For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

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