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单词 knock
释义 knock
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
MAKE NOISE 发出声响
 ESSENTIAL  intransitive
■to repeatedly hit something, producing a noise (反覆地)敲,击,打
She knocked on the window to attract his attention.她敲窗想引起他的注意。
There's someone knocking on/at the door.有人在敲门。
Please knock before entering.进来前请先敲门。
intransitive specialized
■If an engine is knocking, it is producing a repeated high sound either because the fuel is not burning correctly or because a small part is damaged and is therefore allowing another part to move in ways that it should not. (引擎)发出爆震声,砰砰作响
intransitive
■If something such as a pipe knocks, it makes a repeated high sound. (管子等)发出碰撞声
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
HIT 击打
 IMPROVER  intransitive + adverb or preposition transitive
■to hit, especially forcefully, and cause to move or fall 碰,撞;碰倒;撞倒
He accidentally knocked the vase off the table.他不小心把花瓶碰下了桌子。
She knocked her head against the wall as she fell.她跌倒时头撞在墙上。
Who knocked over that mug of coffee?谁打翻了那杯咖啡?
[+ obj + adj] Some thug knocked him unconscious/senseless.有个恶棍把他打晕了。
She took a hammer and knocked a hole in the wall.她拿锤子在墙上砸了一个洞。
knock into each other/knock through
■If you knock two rooms into each other or knock two rooms through, you remove the wall between them so that they form one room. 把(两个房间)打通
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
CRITICIZE 批评
transitive UK informal
■to criticize, especially unfairly 指责;挑剔
Don't knock him - he's doing his best.别对他鸡蛋里挑骨头了——他已在竭尽全力了。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
be knocking (on) 60/70, etc. informal
■to have almost reached a particular, usually old, age 快60/70岁等(通常指高龄)
She was knocking on 80 when she died.她去世时快80岁了。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock sb's block off informal
■If you say that you will knock someone's block off, you are threatening to hit them very hard, especially on the head 要把(某人)揍扁,要痛打(某人)
I'll knock his block off if he tries anything with me!要是他敢对我怎么样,我会让他好看!
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock sb off their pedestal See at pedestal
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock sth on the head UK informal
■to prevent something from happening, or to finally finish something 制止…发生;最终完成
It's nearly done - another couple of hours should knock it on the head.快做完了——再过几个小时就完成了。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock (some) sense into sb informal
■to forcefully teach someone not to be silly 让(某人)懂道理
A couple of years in the army will knock some sense into him.在军队里留上几年会让他懂些道理。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock sb sideways/for six UK informal
■to shock or upset someone very much, or to make someone very ill 使(某人)惊呆;使(某人)大病一场
That flu really knocked me sideways.那次流感使我大病一场。
The news of his death knocked me for six.他的死讯令我震惊。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock (on) wood US for
touch wood See at touch
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
Knock 'em dead! informal
■used to tell someone to perform or play as well as they can 尽力做好!全力以赴!
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock it off informal
■used to tell someone to stop doing something which annoys you 住口;住手
Oh, knock it off Alex, I'm really not in the mood for your jokes.哎,别说了,亚历克斯,我真的没心情听你说笑话。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock spots off sth UK informal
■to be much better than something or someone else 远远胜过
It knocks spots off that restaurant in Cotswold Street.这家餐馆远远胜过科茨沃尔德街上的那家。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
knock the bottom out of sth
■to damage something severely, especially by destroying its support 破坏…的基础;严重损害
The rise in mortgage rates really knocked the bottom out of the housing market.按揭利率上升确实严重打击房地产市场。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
'Knock, knock!'
■a way of describing the sound made when you hit a door. It is sometimes used as the first line of a joke. 咚咚的敲门声;有时指“敲敲门玩笑”(玩笑的第一句话是:“敲门,敲门”)
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
You could have knocked me down / over with a feather. saying
■said when you are extremely surprised 惊讶得目瞪口呆;令人大跌眼镜
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   knock sb about/around informal
■to behave violently towards someone and hit them 粗暴对待,虐待(某人)
Her husband used to knock her about.她的丈夫过去常常虐待她。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   knock about/around (sth) informal
■to be in a place which is not exactly known or in various places especially over a long period of time (尤指长时间地)漫游,游荡;散置在(某处)
I'm sure I've got a copy of 'Time's Arrow' knocking about somewhere.我肯定我有一本《时间之箭》,但不知道放哪里去了。
He spent years knocking around the Far East before World War One.第一次世界大战前,他在远东漫游了多年。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   knock around/about informal
RELAX
■to spend time relaxing and doing very little 悠闲地打发时间
I spent the weekend just knocking about the house.我周末就在家里闲着。
BE WITH SOMEONE
■to spend a lot of time with someone (和某人)长时间在一起
I used to knock around with him at school.我过去在学校里常和他在一起。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   knock sb back (sth) UK informal
■to cost someone a large amount of money 让(某人)花费(一大笔钱)
I bet that computer knocked you back a few thousand.我敢说那台电脑花了你几千元。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock back (sth) UK informal
■to quickly drink something, especially a lot of alcohol 一下子喝下(尤指很多酒)
She was knocking back the champagne at Maria's party.她当时正在玛丽亚的派对上畅饮香槟。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M often passive] knock sb down UK
■to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them (驾车)撞倒(某人)
She was knocked down by a bus.她被一辆公共汽车撞倒了。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock sb/sth down
HIT
■to cause someone or something to fall to the ground by hitting them 击倒,打倒
REDUCE PRICE informal
■to reduce a price, or to persuade someone to reduce the price of something they are selling 降价;说服(某人)降价;杀(某人的)价
She wanted £200 but I knocked her down to £175.她开价200英镑,我还价到175英镑。
⇒ See also knockdown
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock sth down
■to destroy a building or part of a building 拆掉,拆毁(建筑物等)
The Council plans to knock the library down and replace it with a hotel complex.市政会计划拆除图书馆,改建饭店综合大楼。
figurative She easily knocked down every argument he put up.她轻而易举地驳倒了他提出的各个论点。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   knock off (sth) informal
■to stop working, usually at the end of the day 停止(工作);下班
I don't knock off until six.我要到六点才下班。
What time do you knock off work?你几点下班?
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock sth off (sth) informal
■to take a particular amount away from a price (从价格中)减去,除去
The manager knocked £5 off because it was damaged.因为有破损,经理将价格降低了五英镑。
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock sth off
STEAL (US knock sth over) slang
■to steal something 抢劫;偷
He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked off from various shops.他有一大堆从各个商店偷来的电脑配件。
Terrorist groups are knocking off (US alsoknocking over)banks to get money.恐怖组织打算抢劫银行来谋财。
He was caught selling knocked-off car radios in the pub.他在酒吧里出售偷来的汽车音响时,被当场抓住。
PRODUCE informal
■to produce something quickly and easily 迅速而轻松地完成
She can knock off (= write) a novel in a couple of weeks.她能在几周内赶出一部小说。
⇒ See also knock out
UK [nɒk] US [nɑ:k] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   [M] knock sb off
MURDER slang
■to murder someone 杀死,谋杀,干掉(某人)knock 1
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