- deflect (v.)
[deflect 词源字典]
- 1550s, from Latin deflectere "to bend (something) aside or downward," from de- "away" (see de-) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible). Originally transitive, the intransitive sense is first recorded 1640s. Related: Deflected; deflecting.[deflect etymology, deflect origin, 英语词源]