资料来源 : pyDict
抵抗的,排斥的,讨厌的,防水的防水布,防护剂
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\ (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p.
pr. ]
Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\, n.
1. That which repels.
2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids
which render it tumid. --Dunglison.
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. --Knight.
资料来源 : WordNet®
repellent
adj 1: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and
prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
repellent" [syn: {rebarbative}, {repellant}]
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" [syn: {disgusting}, {disgustful},
{distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellant},
{repelling}, {revolting}, {skanky}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
3: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent
fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
[syn: {resistant}]
repellent
n 1: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
[syn: {repellant}]
2: a chemical substance that repels animals [syn: {repellant}]
3: the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his
advances" [syn: {repellant}]