| 单词 | knock |
| 释义 | knock (nɒk ) Word forms: knocks , knocking , knocked 1. verb B1 If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention. She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door. [V + on/at] Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready. [V on/at n] He knocked before going in. [VERB] Synonyms: bang, beat, strike, tap Knock is also a noun. They heard a knock at the front door. [+ at] knocking singular noun B2 They were wakened by a loud knocking at the door. [+ at] 2. verb B2 If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf. [VERB noun preposition] The baby was knocked from his father's arms. [VERB noun preposition] Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair. [VERB noun with adverb] Buckets of roses had been knocked over. [VERB noun with adverb] Knock is also a noun. The bags have tough exterior materials to protect against knocks, rain and dust. 3. verb If someone knocks two rooms or buildings into one, or knocks them together, they make them form one room or building by removing a wall. They decided to knock the two rooms into one. [VERB noun + into] The spacious kitchen was achieved by knocking together three small rooms. [V n + together] 4. verb To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] They were knocked to the ground and robbed of their wallets. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Someone had knocked him unconscious. [VERB noun adjective] 5. verb [no cont] To knock a particular quality or characteristic that someone has, or to knock it out of them means to make them lose it. Those people hurt me and knocked my confidence. [VERB noun] The stories of his links with the actress had knocked the fun out of him. [V n + out of] When they first joined for training many were starry eyed. We soon knocked that out of them. [V n out of n] 6. verb If something knocks, it makes a repeated sharp banging noise. His old truck, knocking and smoking, pulled down the road and out of sight. [VERB] 7. verb If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them. [informal] I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them. [VERB noun] Never knock charter flights; they are opening up the world for budget-conscious travellers. [VERB noun] Synonyms: criticize, condemn, put down, run down knockerWord forms: knockers countable noun 8. countable noun If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans. What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence. The art market has suffered some severe knocks during the past two years. Synonyms: setback, check, defeat, blow 9. knock them/'em dead phrase [VERB inflects] To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance. [informal] Glamorous make-up is best reserved for days when you want to go all out to knock 'em dead. 10. knock it off phrase If you tell someone to knock it off, you are telling them to stop doing something that is annoying you. [informal] Will you just knock it off! Synonyms: stop, stop it, lay off [informal], cut it [informal] 11. to knock peoples' heads together phrase [VERB inflects] If you bang peoples' heads together or knock their heads together, you tell them off severely for doing something wrong or for not doing something they were asked to do. [mainly British] It is now high time he banged his colleagues' heads together. 12. to knock something on the head phrase If you knock something on the head, you stop it. [British, informal] When we stop enjoying ourselves we'll knock it on the head. 13. to knock someone or something into shape 14. to be knocked sideways phrase [VERB inflects] If you are knocked sideways by something, it makes you feel very surprised, confused, or upset. [informal] He was knocked sideways by the result. A week ago I met my ex-boyfriend and it knocked us both sideways. Phrasal verbs: knock about knock around knock around regional note: in BRIT, also use knock about 1. phrasal verb If someone knocks you around or knocks you about, they hit or kick you several times. [mainly British, informal] He lied to me constantly and started knocking me around. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If someone knocks around or knocks about somewhere, they spend time there, experiencing different situations or just passing time. ...reporters who knock around in troubled parts of the world. [VERB PARTICLE preposition/adverb] They knock around on weekends in grubby sweaters and pants. [VERB PARTICLE] I know nothing about him except that he knocked about South Africa for a while. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb [only cont] If someone or something is knocking around or knocking about, they are present in a particular place. [mainly British] There were a couple of decent kits knocking around, but this wasn't one of them! [VERB PARTICLE] His paintings look as if they have been knocking around for centuries. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you knock around or knock about with someone, you spend your spare time with them, either because you are one of their friends or because you are their boyfriend or girlfriend. [mainly British] I used to knock about with all the lads from round where Mum lives. [VERB PARTICLE + with] They were knocking around together for about a year. [V P + together] knock back 1. phrasal verb If you knock back a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it quickly, and often in large amounts. [informal] He was knocking back his 10th gin and tonic of the day. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She poured some vodka into a glass and knocked it back in two swallows. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If an event, situation, or person knocks you back, they prevent you from progressing or achieving something. [mainly British] It seemed as though every time we got rolling something came along to knock us back. [VERB noun PARTICLE] That really knocked back any hope for further peace negotiations. [VERB PARTICLE noun] knock down 1. phrasal verb B1 If someone is knocked down or is knocked over by a vehicle or its driver, they are hit by a car and fall to the ground, and are often injured or killed. He died in hospital after being knocked down by a car. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] A drunk driver knocked down and killed two girls. [VERB PARTICLE noun] A car knocked him over. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B1 To knock down a building or part of a building means to demolish it. Why doesn't he just knock the wall down? [VERB noun PARTICLE] They have since knocked down the shack. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb To knock down a price or amount means to decrease it. [mainly US] The market might abandon the stock, and knock down its price. [VERB PARTICLE noun] It manages to knock rents down to $1 per square foot. [VERB noun PARTICLE] knock off 1. phrasal verb To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] He has knocked 10 seconds off the world record. [V amount P n] When pressed they knock off 10 per cent. [V P amount] 2. phrasal verb If you knock something off a list or document, you remove it. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If someone knocks something off, they steal it. [British, informal] Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verb To knock off a house, factory, or shop means to break into it and steal money or property. [mainly British, informal] ...two nervous teenagers knocking off a café. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb When you knock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break. [informal] If I get this report finished I'll knock off early. [VERB PARTICLE] What time do you knock off? [VERB PARTICLE] 6. phrasal verb If someone knocks someone else off, they kill them. [informal] He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake. [VERB noun PARTICLE] knock out 1. phrasal verb B2 To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. The three drinks knocked him out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He had never been knocked out in a professional fight. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb B2 If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. The Frenchman has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the tournament. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] They knocked them out of the League Cup. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] 3. See also knockout 4. phrasal verb If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] A storm has made roads treacherous and knocked out power. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] knock over knock down [sense 1] knock together phrasal verb If you knock something together, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available. [mainly British, informal] Find Bernie and get him to knock an agreement together. [VERB noun PARTICLE] ...a shelter knocked together using wooden doors and door frames. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] knock up 1. phrasal verb If you knock something up, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available. [informal] Could you possibly knock me up some scrambled eggs? [V n P n (not pron)] Any water-skiing enthusiast can knock up a pair of skis in a few hours. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If you knock someone up, you knock on the door of their bedroom or of their house in the night or in the morning in order to wake them up. [British, informal] He went to knock Rob up at 4.30am. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb [usually passive] If a woman is knocked up by a man, she is made pregnant by him. [mainly US, informal, rude] When I got knocked up, the whole town knew it. [get V-ed P] Idioms: knock people's heads together [mainly British] to force people who are disagreeing to reach an agreement If he's unable to knock everybody's heads together, then questions are going to be raised about his own ability to continue in office. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock something on the head [British] to show that a story or an idea is not true or correct It's time to knock on the head the idea that we are not fully human, not fully alive, unless we have that special somebody in our lives. to decide to stop an activity , or not to start it I remember us in the early days saying: `When we stop enjoying ourselves, we'll knock it on the head.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock something into a cocked hat [mainly British] to be much better or more successful than something else I am writing a novel which is going to knock Proust into a cocked hat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock on the door of something to try to join a club or a group, or to try to become part of it These two players will, I'm sure, soon be knocking on the door of the national team. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock 'em dead [informal] said to someone to increase their confidence before they appear or do something in public, especially something formal such as giving a speech in front of a crowd Just look 'em in the eye and knock 'em dead! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock something sideways [British] to severely damage something so that it may not recover Confidence in the British legal system has been knocked sideways, hasn't it? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock someone sideways [British] to make someone feel amazed, confused or very upset Something like this, a huge shock, completely knocks you sideways. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock someone off their pedestal to show that someone is not as good or talented as people generally think Being better than them is insufficient to knock them off their pedestal You have to be special.. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock someone off their perch [British] to cause someone to fail, or damage their status or position For the leading regional firms this is an excellent time to knock London firms off their perch and seize the advantages of lower fees and local contacts. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock something into shape or whip something into shape to use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve something, so that it is in the condition that you want it to be in After a successful career at the Italian central bank, few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock someone for six [British] to give someone a surprise or shock which they have difficulty recovering from Many people are very positive and see redundancy as a chance to start a new career, but the emotional impact of being made redundant can knock other people for six. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone or something will knock your socks off said to mean that someone or something is very good and that you are very impressed by them This band will knock your socks off! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock spots off something or someone [British] if one thing or person knocks spots off another, the first is much better than the second I'm looking forward to the return of their chat show. It knocks spots off all the others. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock the stuffing out of someone to destroy someone's energy and self-confidence, and leave them feeling weak and nervous The opposition knocked the stuffing out of us early on and we never got into the game. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: loud knock At 11.30pm there was a loud knock on the front door. Times, Sunday Times Secret police turned up late at night; loud knock on the suspect's door, the swift ransacking of the apartment before the victim was frogmarched from the building. Times, Sunday Times There was a very loud knock on the door. Times, Sunday Times They reached the town late at night, and were wakened by a loud knock on the door early in the morning. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We both found all this highly amusing until, suddenly, there was a loud knocking on the wall behind our heads. Times, Sunday Times It's about expressing gifts consistently and hoping opportunity knocks. Times, Sunday Times Several ministers hope that opportunity knocks for them this week. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes opportunity knocks only once. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 敲打, 敲打 Japanese: たたくこと, たたく |
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