2 (also reel back)BACK/BACKWARDS to stepbackwards suddenly and almost fall over, especially after being hit or getting a shock 〔尤指被打或震惊而〕踉跄着后退
Diane reeled back in amazement.
黛安娜惊讶得朝后打了一个趔趄。
The force of the punch sent him reeling against the wall.
那一拳打得他趔趄着靠在墙上。
3[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BALANCE to walk in an unsteady way and almost fall over, as if you are drunk 蹒跚,踉跄
Andy reeled away from the bar and knocked over his stool.
安迪踉跄着离开吧台,把凳子都撞倒了。
4BALANCEto seem to go around and around 〔感觉〕晕眩,天旋地转
The room reeled before my eyes and I fainted.
房间在我眼前旋转起来,随即我就晕了过去。
5reel somebody/something ↔ inphrasal verbphr v
a)to wind the reel on a fishingrod so that a fish caught on the line comes towards you 卷,绕〔钓线〕
It took almost an hour to reel the fish in.
花了将近一个小时才收了线,把鱼钓上来。
b)to get or attract a large number of people or things 吸引〔大量的人或物〕SYN pull in
The programme reels in more than 13 million viewers a show.
这节目每次播出都能吸引超过1,300万名观众收看。
Examples from the Corpus
reel in• You could let them off the hook, or you could reel them in.• I was reeling them in and the bike felt good - but the track was different every lap as it dried.• Ever so subtly, still chattingnavigation with me, Neil accommodates, reeling Rachel in at just the right time.• Getting that diploma, conquering it, reeling it inclass by class, semester by semester-those books tell us about ourselves.• But remember that the best reels, as in most things, are not cheap.• We flew for an hour and in that time I completed a reel of film in my camera.• A nakedgirlburst through the crust, and the guest of honorreeled her in on a ribbonleash.• With the reel screaming inprotest and the fish performingacrobatics all round the pool I prayed the hook would hold.
reel• A punch in his stomachsent him reeling.• The drunk reeled across the road, talking loudly to nobody.• People riotously reel around here, fighting, fondling, tittering, clowning.• Bowring reeled, choked, flailed his hands, tried to grab at reality, wherever it was.• When we left, Volkov was reeling from a mixture of liquor and exhaustion, but he remained in high good humor.• Sofia reeled her in for the kind quickembrace she had received in the hundreds from the older woman.• Sam reeled in a 7 poundfish.• She reeled off my 752 failings, whereas I was tongue-tied.• Birbeck reeled out into the daylight, bemused and shocked.• Cameron's brainreeled slightly under the weight of all these alternatives.• Tyrion reeled to his feet, determined to sell his life dearly.