搜尋結果
reflex
- IPA[ˈriːflɛks]
英式
- an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus;(in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head
- (of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus;(of an angle) exceeding 180°.
noun: reflex, plural noun: reflexes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes
- ▪ (in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head reflex points
- 2. a thing which is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else politics was no more than a reflex of economics
- ▪ a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language.
- 3. archaic a reflected source of light the reflex from the window lit his face
形容詞
- 1. (of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus sneezing is a reflex action
- 2. (of an angle) exceeding 180°.
- 3. rare (of light) reflected.
- ▪ bent or turned backwards.
- ▪ (of a thought) directed or turned back upon the mind itself; introspective an act of consciousness is a reflex act with its own object, viz. the act of knowledge itself