recoil
/ɹɪˈkɔɪl/ verbe C2En français : reculer
- To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. · He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess.
- Of a firearm: to quickly push back when fired.
He/she/it recoils · Prétérit recoiled · Participe passé recoiled · Forme en -ing recoiling
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- recoil
- He/she/it
- recoils
- Prétérit
- recoiled
- Participe passé
- recoiled
- Forme en -ing
- recoiling
Dans la bibliothèque
And thus his trick recoiled on him, for he now carried on his back a double burden.
The soldiers interposed their bayonets, for they thought that he was about to attack the inspector, and the latter recoiled two or three steps.
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
Dantès recoiled from the idea of so infamous a death, and passed suddenly from despair to an ardent desire for life and liberty.
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