Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Repellent"

A: to repel means to drive something away, so a repellent is something that does that.

"I sprayed mosquito repellent on my skin so that the mosquitoes would leave me well enough alone."

A: pratirodhak

A: "I went outside my house to sit and enjoy the sun, and made sure to put on my repellent to keep away the mosquitos" Or a more simple sentence could be "I used repellent to keep away the bugs from my garden"

A: There are two different definitions for repellant.
1- It can be something that seems distasteful or disgusting
2-A certain substance/spray that kills insects

for the first definition, here are some examples=
"That idea seems very repellent"
"It is repellent to think of how those ingredients would taste together."

for the second definition, here are some examples=
"She immediately picked up her bug repellent spray, because she was terrified of any insect."
"The worker casually sprayed the building with termite repellent"

Of course, if you were to go to America or speak to an English-speaking friend, it would be odd to speak this way. The US is very casual while speaking, the only time you would probably speak formally is to a professor or teacher.

A: repellent= keeps something or someone away.

I sprayed bug repellent to keep mosquitoes away.

Use a mint; your breath is repellent.

A: These are pretty sophisticated words. (Some native speakers don't even know all of these words). Of these words, Repellent and repulsion relate to being pushed away. "Bug repellant" is something you can apply to your skin to keep mosquitoes away. To be repulsed is to want to back away quickly from something (often because you are disgusted or horrified). Repugnance and revulsion are similar, but stronger words than "repulsed." Revulsion is feeling that something is revolting, and repugnance is disgust but with the connotation of something "offending" the person using the word.

A: Repellent is something that makes something or someone go away. Like a bug spray. Repulsive is something or someone who is rather disgusting Or gross in a way. Obnoxious is someone or something that is annoying or aggravating.