repel
verb[T]
uk/rɪˈpel/us/rɪˈpel/-ll-repelverb[T](FORCE AWAY)
toforcesomeone or something tostopmovingtowards you orattackingyou:
It is nottruethateatinggarlicrepelsmosquitoes.
Thedefendersrepelled theattackwithoutlosingany men.守军击退了敌人的进攻,自己没有损失一个人。
(of amaterial) to notallowasubstanceto beabsorbedinto it:
Thiscoathas aspecialsurfacethat repelsmoisture.这件外套面料特殊,可以防潮。
Thesprayscontainawaterrepellingingredientknownas a fluoropolymer.
physicsspecialized
to have amagneticfieldthatpushesaway something with asimilarmagneticfield:
排斥;相斥Similarpolesofmagnetsrepel each other, andoppositepolesattract.磁铁同极相斥,异极相吸。
Pushing and shoving
- bat
- batsomething/someoneaway
- bring
- bringsomeonedown
- bundle
- defenestrate
- dig
- elbow
- goad
- heave
- nudge
- poke
- poke/digsomeonein the ribsidiom
- prod
- propel
- push
- push off
- scrum
- shoulder
- wheel
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Responding to an attack
Physical & chemical processes
repelverb[T](CAUSE STRONG DISLIKE)
People or things that repel you make youfeelstronglythat you do notwantto be near,see, orthinkabout them:
使厌恶;使极反感She was repelled by hisugliness.她厌恶他那丑陋的相貌。
Herarrogancerepels manypeople.她的傲慢令很多人十分反感。
Inspiring dislike
- aversive
- cloy
- disgust
- dread
- dreaded
- gross
- grosssomeoneout
- ick
- it makes me (want to) pukeidiom
- non-charismatic
- puke
- repulse
- revolt
- sick
- unadmired
- unbeloved
- unlamented