单词 | knock¹ |
释义 | knock¹ /nɑk; nɒk/v 1. [i] to hit a door or window with your hand in order to attract someone's attention 敲门[窗]:◇+ at/on there's someone knocking at the front door. 有人在敲前门。 2. [i,t] to hit someone or something so that they move or fall down 碰撞; 碰倒; 撞倒:◇careful you don't knock the camera. 你要当心别碰倒照相机。◇they knocked him to the ground. 他们把他撞倒在地。 3. [t] informal to criticize someone or something, especially unfairly 【非正式】 批评,挑剔:◇"i hate this job." "don't knock it — it could be worse!" “我恨透了这份工作。”“别挑剔了,还有更糟的!” 4. knock some sense into sb to make someone learn to behave in a more sensible way 让某人学会理智点:◇maybe she can knock some sense into him. 也许她能够让他懂事一些。 5. knock on wood ame something you say when you do not want your good luck to end 【美】 愿好运常在; touch wood bre 【英】:◇i haven't had a cold all winter, knock on wood. 我整个冬天都没着凉,愿好运常在。knock sth ↔ backto drink a large amount of alcohol very quickly 一下子喝下[大量的酒]:◇we knocked back another bottle. 我们很快又喝掉一瓶酒。knock down1 [t knock sth ↔ down] to destroy a building, wall etc 拆除,拆毁[建筑物等]:◇workers began knocking down sections of the wall. 工人开始拆除部分墙壁。2 be/get knocked down to be hit and injured by a car 被[汽车]撞伤:◇tracy was knocked down by a car on her way home from school. 特蕾茜在放学回家的路上被汽车撞倒了。3 [t knock sth ↔ down] informal to reduce the price of something 【非正式】 降价,压价:◇the stove was knocked down from $800 to $550. 炉子的价钱从 800 美元被压到 550 美元。knock offinformal 【非正式】1 [i] to stop working 停止工作; 下班:◇we knocked off at about 5 o'clock. 我们五点钟左右下班。2 [t knock sth ↔ off] to reduce the price of something by a particular amount 从价钱中减去,削价:◇i got him to knock $10 off the regular price. 我使他按正价减价十美元。3 knock it off! spoken used to tell someone to stop doing something annoying 【口】 够了! 别再烦了!knock out1 [knock sb ↔ out] to make someone become unconscious, especially by hitting them 击昏:◇ali knocked out his opponent in the fifth round. 阿里在第五回合中将对手击昏。2 [knock sb/sth ↔ out] to defeat a person or team so that they cannot continue in a competition 淘汰:◇indiana got knocked out in the first round. 印第安纳队在首轮比赛中被淘汰了。knock sb/sth ↔ overto hit someone or something so hard that they fall down 打倒; 撞倒; 弄翻:◇she nearly knocked over my drink. 她差点打翻了我的饮料。knock sth ↔ upspoken informal to quickly make something using the materials that you have available 【口,非正式】 匆匆拼凑成,草草做成:◇i'm sure i can knock up some pasta. 我肯定能够凑合着做点面食出来。 |
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