| 单词 | kick |
| 释义 | kick (kɪk ) Word forms: kicks , kicking , kicked 1. verb B2 If you kick someone or something, you hit them forcefully with your foot. He kicked the door hard. [VERB noun] He threw me to the ground and started to kick. [VERB] He escaped by kicking open the window. [VERB noun with adjective] The fiery actress kicked him in the shins. [VERB noun + in] An ostrich can kick a man to death. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: boot, strike, knock, punt Kick is also a noun. He suffered a kick to the knee. [+ to] 2. verb B2 When you kick a ball or other object, you hit it with your foot so that it moves through the air. I went to kick the ball and I completely missed it. [VERB noun] He kicked the ball away. [VERB noun with adverb] A furious player kicked his racket into the grandstand. [VERB noun preposition] Kick is also a noun. After just one kick from England, the referee blew his whistle. [+ from] 3. verb If you kick or if you kick your legs, you move your legs with very quick, small, and forceful movements, once or repeatedly. They were dragged away struggling and kicking. [VERB] First he kicked the left leg, then he kicked the right. [VERB noun] He kicked his feet away from the window. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] Kick out means the same as kick. As its rider tried to free it, the horse kicked out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. verb If you kick your legs, you lift your legs up very high one after the other, for example when you are dancing. He was kicking his legs like a Can Can dancer. [VERB noun] She begins dancing, kicking her legs high in the air. [VERB noun adjective] 5. verb If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing. [informal] She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value. [VERB noun] I've kicked cigarettes and booze. [VERB noun] Synonyms: give up, break, stop, abandon 6. singular noun If something gives you a kick, it makes you feel very excited or very happy for a short period of time. [informal] I got a kick out of seeing my name in print. Synonyms: thrill, glow, buzz [slang], tingle 7. kick you when you are down phrase If you say that someone kicks you when you are down, you think they are behaving unfairly because they are attacking you when you are in a weak position. In the end I just couldn't kick Jimmy when he was down. 8. for kicks phrase If you say that someone does something for kicks, you mean that they do it because they think it will be exciting. [informal] They made a few small bets for kicks. 9. kicking and screaming phrase If you say that someone is dragged kicking and screaming into a particular course of action, you are emphasizing that they are very unwilling to do what they are being made to do. [emphasis] He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into action. [+ into] 10. a kick in the teeth phrase If you describe an event as a kick in the teeth, you are emphasizing that it is very disappointing and upsetting. [informal, emphasis] This is another kick in the teeth for small businesses in the UK. Synonyms: setback, defeat, blow, disappointment 11. kick oneself phrase You use kick yourself in expressions such as I could have kicked myself and you're going to kick yourself to indicate that you were annoyed or are going to be annoyed that you got something wrong. [feelings] I was still kicking myself for not paying attention. I immediately regretted having said this–I could have kicked myself. 12. alive and kicking phrase If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active. [emphasis] ...worries that the secret police may still be alive and kicking. Synonyms: alive, existing, functioning, breathing 13. to kick someone's ass phrase [VERB inflects] To kick ass or to kick someone's ass means to show them that you are angry with them, either by telling them or by using physical force. [US, informal, rude] They've really been kicking ass lately–busting places up, harassing everybody. He damn well better not try it now or he will damn well get his ass kicked. 14. to kick the bucket phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died. [informal] Synonyms: die, expire, perish, pass away 15. to kick up a fuss phrase B2 If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain. [informal] I don't know why everybody makes such a fuss about a few mosquitoes. If enough parents kick up a fuss, you can change things. Phrasal verbs: kick against phrasal verb If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way. [mainly British] North Sea operators kicked against legislation making them responsible for removing oil platforms at the end of their useful life. [VERB PARTICLE noun] kick around 1. phrasal verb If you kick around ideas or suggestions, you discuss them informally. [informal] We kicked a few ideas around. [VERB noun PARTICLE] They started to kick around the idea of an electric scraper. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you say that someone kicks you around, you do not like the way that they treat you because it is unfair. [informal] I don't feel that anyone can kick me around anymore. [VERB noun PARTICLE] kick back phrasal verb If you kick back, you relax. [mainly US, informal] As soon as they've finished up, they kick back and wait for the next show. [VERB PARTICLE] kick down phrasal verb If someone kicks something down or if they kick it in, they hit it violently with their foot so that it breaks or falls over. She was forced to kick down the front door. [VERB PARTICLE noun] My neighbour's door had been kicked in. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] kick in 1. phrasal verb If something kicks in, it begins to take effect. As discounts kicked in, bookings for immediate travel rose by 15%. [VERB PARTICLE] It's only when you have responsibilities that the fear kicks in. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If someone kicks in a particular amount of money, they provide that amount of money to help pay for something. [US] Kansas City area churches kicked in $35,000 to support the event. [VERB PARTICLE noun] To keep it going, Lenoire kicked in her own earnings from acting. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. See also kick down kick off 1. phrasal verb In football, when the players kick off, they start a game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch. Liverpool kicked off an hour ago. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins. The shows kick off on October 24th. [VERB PARTICLE] The Mayor kicked off the party. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We kicked off with a slap-up dinner. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 3. phrasal verb If you kick off your shoes, you shake your feet so that your shoes come off. She stretched out on the sofa and kicked off her shoes. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb To kick someone off an area of land means to force them to leave it. [informal] We can't kick them off the island. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] kick out 1. phrasal verb To kick someone out of a place means to force them to leave it. [informal] The country's leaders kicked five foreign journalists out of the country. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] Her family kicked her out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. See also kick [sense 3] kick up 1. phrasal verb If you kick up a fuss about something, you make it very obvious that you are annoyed or dissatisfied. Those customers who have kicked up a fuss have received refunds. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They kick up a rumpus and throw things at each other. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If you kick up dust or dirt, you create a cloud of dust or dirt as you move along a dusty road. She shuffled along, kicking up clouds of dust. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: kick your heels [mainly British] or cool your heels to wait somewhere and feel bored or impatient because you have nothing to do, or because someone is deliberately keeping you waiting The Tunisian authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to Sfax, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick up your heels to enjoy yourself a lot, for example at a party Combine music, culture and good food in Jersey this month. Kick up your heels at the annual Jersey Jazz Festival. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick something into the long grass [British, journalism] to refuse to deal with something immediately, often because it will create problems There were suggestions this week that the Government intends to kick the proposals into the long grass. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick the bucket to die. This expression is used to refer to someone's death in a light-hearted or humorous way. All the money goes to her when the old man kicks the bucket. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick someone when they are down to hurt, upset or criticize someone when they are already in a weak position or at a disadvantage It (expulsion) would be regarded by many people, including many in the party, as going too far in kicking a man when he's down. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick against the pricks [mainly British, literary, old-fashioned] to show your opposition to people in authority Kicking against the pricks when you're 30 or 40 or more strikes me as a better test of one's convictions. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick someone in the teeth to unexpectedly treat someone very badly and unfairly The union expected that the coalfield would be given favourable treatment: `Instead we have been kicked in the teeth.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick over the traces to pay no attention to rules and conventions, and behave exactly as you want to Young people always want to kick over the traces, refusing to accept old values without question. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kick someone upstairs [British] to give someone a job or position which appears to have a higher status but actually has less power or influence The radicals kicked him upstairs to the ceremonial job of president. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: leg kicks In the first round he landed three takedowns and good leg kicks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In one study, co-careldopa was superior to dextropropoxyphene in decreasing the number of leg kicks and the number of arousals per hour of sleep. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ten exercises are mandatory: four consecutive high leg kicks, patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It uses the techniques of lethwei include, punches, leg kicks, knees and elbows. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite a strong start with heavy leg kicks and punches, he was knocked out at 3:33 in the first round. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The powerful kick of wild garlic goes so well with chicken, so add a little more if you want a stronger flavour. The Sun His powerful kick came off the post. Times, Sunday Times The shock wave and radiation from the detonation would impact against the underside of the pusher plate, giving it a powerful kick. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a powerful kick and can leap very high. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wearing elongated fins for more powerful kicks, we descend slightly farther with every dive. Times, Sunday Times In a roundhouse kick - or mawashi geri - the attacker swings one leg round in a semi-circular motion, striking with the top or ball of the foot. Times, Sunday Times She throws a left hook, a right jab and another pad-cracking roundhouse kick. Times, Sunday Times If, say, a snarky critic gave her a bad review, would it be the end of the world if she gave them a roundhouse kick to the head? Times, Sunday Times They couldn't keep away from me (and, let's face it, approaching me on the dancefloor always carried the threat of an accidental karate chop or unintentional roundhouse kick). Times, Sunday Times The roundhouse kick can also be thrown from the rear leg towards the target and strike with the lower shin or the instep heel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next week the banks' reporting season kicks off. Times, Sunday Times Either a big price hike on tickets when the next season kicks off. The Sun Experience has also taught me the value of an eyelash tint and some dedicated hat and hairpiece shopping before the season kicks off. Times, Sunday Times As the real estate results season kicks off next week, any hopes of a significant growth story are likely to be dashed. Times, Sunday Times So we've made it easier for you to manage your team both before and after the season kicks off. The Sun So find the people in your life who are not registered to vote, and give them a swift kick. Times, Sunday Times In real life, they would get a swift kick out the door! The Sun The game has a habit of kicking you in the teeth and it's given us a swift kick. The Sun Possibly accompanied by a swift kick in the shins. The Sun So if anyone hears a whiff of a whinge, give him a swift kick in the bozzers. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 踢, 踢 Japanese: 蹴り, 蹴る |
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