repulsive force 척력. 반발력.

동네 큰 도로는 역겨웠다, 돼지 우리와 쓰레기 더미.

Prosperity (번영) 동네 묘사.

그 거리에 시장이 서고, 중국인들이 자기가 길러온 돈 될 만한 것은 내다팔고,

소금, 기름도 사고 이발도 한다.

 

the main street, was repulisve, a pig-pen and a garabe dump.

(Isabel Crook)

 

 

Repulsive

 

1.척력.반발.

: serving or able to repulse

repulsive force

2.거절하다 거부하다.

: tending to repel or reject : COLD, FORBIDDING

3. 혐오, 싫어함 혹은 역겨운. (눈을 확 돌리고 싶은)

: arousing aversion or disgust

repulsive crimes

 

repulsively adverb

repulsiveness noun

 

 

Etymology

Middle English repulsyve "(in medicine) dissipating collected humors," borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French repulsif "repelling, dissipating humors," borrowed from Medieval Latin repulsīvus, from Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere "to push away, drive back, fend off" + -īvus -IVE — more at REPEL

 

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1