repellent
repellent 英 [rɪˈpelənt] 美 [rɪˈpɛlənt]
adj. 排斥的；防水的；弹回的；令人讨厌的 n. 防护剂；防水布；排斥力
名词复数:repellents
- How can you tell that something is repellent? You dislike it so much, you want nothing to do with it. If something is repellent, it is highly offensive or disgusting.
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- adj. 排斥的；防水的；弹回的；令人讨厌的
- n. 防护剂；防水布；排斥力
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1. The growth of in-flight advertising "is repellent to these passengers" — an "insult" to paying customers, he says.
飞行中广告的增长“乘客对这些广告是排斥的” – 是对一个付费用户的“不尊重”，他说。
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2. DDT does this by creating a "spatial repellent barrier" that stops mosquitoes from entering people's homes, or drives them out again before they take blood, write the authors.
这组科学家在论文中写道，DDT起作用的方式是建立一个“空间排斥屏障”，阻止蚊子进入人们的家，或者在蚊子吸血之前把它们驱逐出来。
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3. Why This Works: Talcum powder, an ingredient in both chalk and baby powder, is a natural ant repellent.
为何如此：滑石粉是粉笔和婴儿爽身粉的组分之一，它是天然的蚂蚁排斥物。
- repellent (adj.) also repellant, 1640s, from Latin repellentem (nominative repelens), present participle of repellere (see repel). Originally of medicines (that reduced tumors); meaning "distasteful, disagreeable" first recorded 1797.
- repellent (n.) also repellant, 1660s, "medicine that reduces tumors," from repellent (adj.). As "substance that repels insects," 1908.
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