摘要：coil 指绳索或线卷成的圈，如：a coil of wire (一卷金属线)，也可作动词，表示卷成一团，如：coil up (盘卷起来)，a coiled spring (螺旋状弹簧)。

聊今天的高级词汇之前，先说说 coil 这个单词。

coil 指绳索或线卷成的圈，如：a coil of wire (一卷金属线)，也可作动词，表示卷成一团，如：coil up (盘卷起来)，a coiled spring (螺旋状弹簧)。

△coil 和 roll 的区别

了解了 coil，对于今天要说的 recoil/rɪ'kɔɪl/ 很有帮助。

词义

recoil 的字面意思为"向后 (re) 卷曲"，实际指畏惧，退缩。

He leaned forward to kiss her and she recoiled from him.

他凑上前去吻她，她躲开了。

她一见到尸体就吓得往后退。

She recoiled at the thought of seeing that guy.

一想到要和那个家伙约会，她就感到恶心。

搭配介词 on / upon 时，recoil 还可以表示某个行为对人产生的反作用力，负面影响或报应。

Evil plans often recoil on their makers.

邪恶的计划通常使策划者自食其果。

His cruel words recoiled on him when everyone began to turned against him.

他的恶语中伤最终反噬其身，所有人都开始反对他。

在影视剧中，recoil 经常作名词，指开枪时产生的后坐力。

△Lord of War (《战争之王》2005)

近义

recoil (TOEFL) 的近义词按难度级别由低到高：

shrink /ʃrɪŋk/：畏缩 (中)

shy /ʃaɪ/：避开 (中)

rebound /rɪ'baʊnd/：反弹，适得其反 (I)

flinch /flɪntʃ/：退缩 (G)

quail /kweɪl/：畏缩 (G)

cringe /krɪndʒ/：退缩 (G)

wince /wɪns/：畏缩 (G)

blench /blentʃ/：退缩 (G)

funk /fʌŋk/：回避 (G)

️️ 区别：

以上单词都指面对恐惧或厌恶而采取的反应，而之前帖子说过的 shun, dodge, elude,duck 指故意或巧妙躲开。

影视

△House of Cards (《纸牌屋》第六季) 的这句台词 Don't ever recoul from me again 翻译有误，应该译成"别再躲着我了"。

名著

Catherine and he were constant companions still at his seasons of respite and labour; but he had ceased to express his fondness for her in words, and recoiled with angry suspicion from her girlish caresses, as if conscious there could be no gratification in lavishing such marks of affection on him.

- Chapter 8 of Wuthering Heights

在他干活间休时，凯瑟琳还是经常跟他作伴；可是他不再用话来表示对她的喜爱了，而是愤愤地，猜疑地躲开她那女孩子气的抚爱，好像觉得人家对他滥用感情是不值得引以为乐的。

-《呼啸山庄》第8章

来源：学无用的英语