repellent

英 [rɪ'pelənt] 美 [rɪ'pelənt]

• n. 驱虫剂；防水剂
• adj. 令人厌恶的；排斥的；驱除的；防水的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

2. a chemical substance that repels animals

3. the power to repel;

   "she knew many repellents to his advances"
   

Adjective:

1. serving or tending to repel;

   "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"
   "I find his obsequiousness repellent"
   

2. 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"
   

3. incapable of absorbing or mixing with;

   "a water-repellent fabric"
   "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Then we passed on to an equally repellent sight.
   接着我们又去参观了另一个同样令人厌恶的地方。
2. His behavior was repellent to her.
   对她而言,他的行为是令人感到排斥的。

词汇搭配

• water-repellent 防水的
• mosquito repellent 驱蚊器
• germ repellent paint 防菌涂料
• moisture repellent 防水的
• repellent gland 拒御腺
• moth repellent 抗蛀剂
• water-repellent preservative 憎水防腐剂
• water repellent liquid 拒水性液体,斥水性液...
• insect repellent 杀虫剂
• animal repellent 兽用驱避剂
• water repellent 抗水的(防水剂)...
• bird repellent 驱鸟剂
• water repellent compound 防水剂,疏水化合物...
• water repellent substance 防水剂
• rain repellent 排雨剂

近反义词

【近义词】

• disgusting 令人厌恶的
• resistant 抵抗的
• antipathetic 生来嫌恶的
• offensive 令人不快的
• painful 痛苦的
• hateful 可恨的
• abhorrent 令人憎恶的
• revolting 令人厌恶的
• nauseating 使人恶心的
• hideous 丑陋的
• repulsive 令人厌恶的
• vile 恶劣的
• repugnant 令人厌恶的
• off-putting 令人不愉快的...
• sickening 引起疾病的
• impervious 不能渗透的
• proof 证明
• impermeable 不能渗透的
• tight 紧的
• repellant 击退的
• distasteful 味道差的
• foul 恶臭的
• loathly 讨厌的(可恶的)...
• repelling 动词repel的现在进行...
• disgustful 令人生厌的
• skanky <俚>低劣的
• loathsome 讨厌的
• rebarbative 厌烦的
• yucky 令人讨厌的
• wicked 坏的