| 单词 | knock down |
| 释义 | 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 See full dictionary entry for knock 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] Idioms: a knock-down drag-out fight [US] a very emotional, angry, or even violent argument or fight Nobody had much of a stomach this year for another knock-down drag-out fight over the state budget. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 击倒 Japanese: 打ち倒す |
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