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reflex

美音:[´ri:fleks ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´ri:fleks ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
adj.反射的,反省的,反作用的,优角的 n.反射,反映,映象

难易程度:

reflex为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:reflexed 过去分词:reflexed 现在分词:reflexing 第三人称单数:reflexes

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flect=to bend(弯曲) 变化型 flex

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reflex


/'ri:fleks; `riflɛks/
n (also `reflex action) involuntary action (eg sneezing or shivering) made instinctively in response to a stimulus 反射作用(受刺激後的本能反应, 如打喷嚏或发抖)
*Sorry I hit you; it was a pure reflex. 对不起我撞着你了; 这完全是无意的.
* have quick, slow, normal, etc reflexes 产生迅速的、缓慢的、正常的...反射动作
* test/control one's reflexes 测验[控制]自己的反射动作
* [attrib 作定语] a reflex movement, response, etc, ie one arising from a reflex 反射运动、反射性反应.

reflex


n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of reflectere; REFLECT]
reflexes [plural]a) the natural ability to react quickly and well to sudden situations
have good/quick/slow reflexes
 A tennis player needs to have very quick reflexes.
b) a sudden uncontrolled movement that your muscles make as a natural reaction to a physical effect
 Doctor Mulholland tested Jennifer's reflexes (=especially by hitting her knee with a special rubber hammer) .
reflex action
something that you do without thinking, as a reaction to a situation