英语词汇“to kick in”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To break down (a door, etc.) by kicking against the outer side; spec. (U.S. slang), to break into (a building).

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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > kick > kick over or in

overspurn1496

to kick in1883

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 39 Then there followed a great to-do..furniture thrown over, doors kicked in.

1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 78 I'll kick in the first private house that looks good. We'll surely find a coat and maybe a few dollars.

1931 Detective Fiction Weekly 17 Jan. 23/1 Harold G. Slater's big jewelry store safe had been ‘kicked in’ and robbed of twelve thousand dollars.

2. transitive. To propel (an uncoupled railway car, etc.) by repeatedly thrusting a foot against the ground.

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1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 25 A conductor..opened the switch, pulled the coupling pin on the crippled car, and gave his engineer a signal to kick it in.

1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 35 He wanted to kick the last car in on a spur.

3. transitive and intransitive. To contribute (money, etc.); to pay (one's share). slang (originally U.S.).

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society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (transitive)]

contribute1530

confera1538

to scat and lot1560

to kick in1908

to put in1915

1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 45 The lawyer guy kicked in with the balance of the ten thousand.

1908 H. Green Maison de Shine 282 If somebody else will get 'em to kick in I'll play the show.

1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl ix. 129 Jack Milton won't kick in another nickel. And we're going to take it on the chin for five thousand down here this week.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxiv. 254 To encourage the Christmas spirit in whoever was supposed to kick in with my ransom.

1948 Lawton (Okla.) Constit. 2 July 8/1 The spectators ‘kicked in’ with a little cash.

1972 Fortune Jan. 112/2 Hillard Elkins, producer of Oh! Calcutta!, asked him to help back his productions of two Ibsen plays; Lufkin kicked in $10,000.

单词	to kick in
释义	> as lemmas to kick in to kick in 1. transitive. To break down (a door, etc.) by kicking against the outer side; spec. (U.S. slang), to break into (a building). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > kick > kick over or in overspurn1496 to kick in1883 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 39 Then there followed a great to-do..furniture thrown over, doors kicked in. 1926 J. Black You can't Win vii. 78 I'll kick in the first private house that looks good. We'll surely find a coat and maybe a few dollars. 1931 Detective Fiction Weekly 17 Jan. 23/1 Harold G. Slater's big jewelry store safe had been ‘kicked in’ and robbed of twelve thousand dollars. 2. transitive. To propel (an uncoupled railway car, etc.) by repeatedly thrusting a foot against the ground. ΚΠ 1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 25 A conductor..opened the switch, pulled the coupling pin on the crippled car, and gave his engineer a signal to kick it in. 1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 35 He wanted to kick the last car in on a spur. 3. transitive and intransitive. To contribute (money, etc.); to pay (one's share). slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (transitive)] contribute1530 confera1538 to scat and lot1560 to kick in1908 to put in1915 1908 K. McGaffey Sorrows of Show Girl 45 The lawyer guy kicked in with the balance of the ten thousand. 1908 H. Green Maison de Shine 282 If somebody else will get 'em to kick in I'll play the show. 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl ix. 129 Jack Milton won't kick in another nickel. And we're going to take it on the chin for five thousand down here this week. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxiv. 254 To encourage the Christmas spirit in whoever was supposed to kick in with my ransom. 1948 Lawton (Okla.) Constit. 2 July 8/1 The spectators ‘kicked in’ with a little cash. 1972 Fortune Jan. 112/2 Hillard Elkins, producer of Oh! Calcutta!, asked him to help back his productions of two Ibsen plays; Lufkin kicked in $10,000. extracted from kickv.¹ < as lemmas
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