repellent

英 [rɪˈpelənt]

美 [rɪˈpelənt]

adj. 让人很不愉快; 令人厌恶; 防…的; 隔绝…的
n. 驱虫剂; 防水剂

复数：repellents　

Collins.1 / BNC.21710 / COCA.16746

牛津词典

adj.

让人很不愉快；令人厌恶
very unpleasant; causing strong dislike
1. Their political ideas are repellent to most people.
  他们的政治观点令大多数人反感。
防…的；隔绝…的
not letting a particular substance, especially water, pass through it
1. water-repellent cloth
  防水布

noun

驱虫剂
a substance that is used for keeping insects away from you
1. (an) insect repellent
  驱虫剂
防水剂
a substance that is used on cloth, stone, etc. to prevent water from passing through it
1. (a) water repellent
  防水剂

The spelling repellant is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦拼作repellant。

ADJ-GRADED 讨厌的;令人厌恶的;令人排斥的
If you think that something is horrible and disgusting you can say that it isrepellent.
1. ...a very large, very repellent toad...
  个头很大、令人生厌的癞蛤蟆
2. She still found the place repellent.
  她还是觉得这个地方令人厌恶。
N-MASS 驱虫剂
Insectrepellentis a product containing chemicals that you spray into the air or on your body in order to keep insects away.
1. ...mosquito repellent.
  驱蚊剂

noun

the power to repel
1. she knew many repellents to his advances
Synonym:repellant
a chemical substance that repels animals
Synonym:repellant
a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
Synonym:repellant

adj

incapable of absorbing or mixing with
1. a water-repellent fabric
2. plastic highly resistant to steam and water
Synonym:resistant
highly offensive
1. a disgusting smell
2. distasteful language
3. a loathsome disease
4. the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
5. revolting food
6. a wicked stench
Synonym:disgustingdisgustfuldistastefulfoulloathlyloathsomerepellantrepellingrevoltingskankywickedyucky
serving or tending to repel
1. he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
2. I find his obsequiousness repellent
Synonym:rebarbativerepellant