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repel 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/riˈpel/,
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repelled, past participle; repels, 3rd person singular present; repelling, present participle; repelled, past tense;
  1. Drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away
    • - government units sought to repel the rebels
  2. (of a magnetic pole or electric field) Force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away from itself
    • - electrically charged objects attract or repel one another
    • - like poles repel and unlike poles attract
  3. (of a substance) Resist mixing with or be impervious to (another substance)
    • - boots with good-quality leather uppers to repel moisture
  4. Be repulsive or distasteful to
    • - she was repelled by the permanent smell of drink on his breath
  5. Refuse to accept (something, esp. an argument or theory)
    • - the alleged right of lien led by the bankrupt's attorney was repelled
  1. cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
  2. be repellent to; cause aversion in
  3. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
  4. rebuff: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
  5. disgust: fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"
  6. (repelling) disgusting: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
  7. Repel is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.
  8. To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc. [from 15th c.]; To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]; To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.). [from 15th c.]; To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.). [from 15th c. ...
  9. (Repelling) This is when a material resists liquid and becomes incapable of absorbing it or letting it pass through. In the diapering world, repelling usually occurs to the top stay-dry lining when it gets a waxy or oily build-up from detergents, rash creams, or anything else.
  10. (repelling) when a material that should be absorbing water refuses to, and the pee leaks out of the diaper. This problem is often solved by stripping the diapers.
  11. A Scottish court does not overrule a plea or an objection, it repels it. The opposite is to sustain (or uphold).
  12. (v) arı türtürgе, kеri türtürgе
  13. To push away from one another.
  14. to drive or to force back