English Dictionary

knockback

名詞

オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 くだけた表現

A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. / Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. / (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.

日本語の意味

相手を後退させる一撃、または衝撃による反動 / 進展を妨げたり逆に向かわせる要因、困難または挫折 / (UK, Australia, 口語) 拒絶やお断り

The sudden knockback from the explosion sent the firefighters tumbling backward.

爆発の突然の衝撃で消防士たちは後方に吹き飛ばされ、よろめいた。

意味（1）

A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.

He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.

意味（2）

Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.

[…] the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain. […] He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone.

意味（3）

(UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.

He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

knockbacks （ plural ）