英语词汇“to knock about”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 strike hither and thither by a succession of blows; hence, to treat roughly and without respect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize

demolish1646

to knock abouta1817

vandalize1845

distress1943

trash1970

key1987

the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating > hither and thither

racket1599

to knock abouta1817

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 44 They [sc. sailors] are all knocked about, and exposed to every climate, and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen.

1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian & Eastern Archit. 198 The building..has been so knocked about and altered.

1889 C. F. Woolson Jupiter Lights i. 4 Great waves began to toss her and knock her about.

1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lxxvii. 406 Young Mustafa refused to cook rice; Farraj and Daud knocked him about until he cried.

1969 Listener 24 July 103/2 After being knocked about to an appalling extent in the first week of the war, the Poles were rallying until the Russians came in on the other side.

2. intransitive. To move about, wander, or roam, in an irregular way; also to lead an irregular life. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly

roil?c1335

gada1500

stavera1500

vaguea1525

scoterlope1574

idle1599

haika1605

saunter1671

stravaig1801

palmer1805

streel1805

taver1808

traik1818

gander1822

gallivant1823

gilravage1825

project1828

daud1831

meander1831

to knock about1833

to kick about1839

to knock round1848

piroot1858

sashay1865

june1869

tootle1902

slop1907

beetle1919

stooge1941

swan1942

1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett i. 31 David, collecting his clothes,..began to knock about.

1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers II. viii. 98 I've been a matter of some fifteen or twenty years knocking about..in one way or another.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 75/2 I had been knocking about in the streets.

?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship i. 3 I've..no dog-cart to knock about in.

1900 J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. XI. 267 The man admits that in youth he ‘knocked about a little’.

1929 C. Mackenzie Gallipoli Mem. iii. 21 He had knocked about all over the Pacific and would have been a splendid companion.

1937 M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree xx. 265 You're older, and you've knocked about a bit.

3. to knock the balls about: to strike a (billiard, croquet, etc.) ball idly; to play (such a ball game) in a casual fashion.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play

carambole1775

string1814

cannon1825

to make a baulk1839

star1839

push1851

to play for safety1857

run1857

carom1860

to knock the balls about1864

miscue1889

snooker1889

break1893

scratch1909

to call one's shot1953

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (intransitive)] > types of play or stroke

to knock the balls about1864

to take off1872

cut1874

finesse1874

shoot1874

peel1960

1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. vi. 123 Tom..had seen the Andersons knocking about the balls in the new gardens..and proposed to..try to get up a match.

1872 A. Trollope Golden Lion xviii. 305 He knocked the balls about with his cue.

1907 F. E. E. Bell At Wks. vi. 130 I have seen a club with two free tables, where men..have been happily knocking the balls about from 9 a.m. onwards.

1916 A. Bennett These Twain ii. xiv. 271 ‘Shall we knock the balls about a bit?’ They began a mild game of croquet.

4. To lie around, to be available or in the vicinity; to impend.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent

comeOE

nigha1225

to draw nearc1330

approachc1374

drawa1375

to stand ina1382

to stand ona1382

instand1382

to draw ona1450

proacha1450

to draw nigha1470

to fall at handa1535

to hang by (on, upon) a threada1538

instant1541

to prick fast upon1565

impend1674

simmer1703

depend1710

loom1827

to knock about1866

to come up1909

1866 F. Hunt 25 Years Exper. N.Z. ix. 45 My carpet bag I left knocking about amongst them with utmost carelessness.

1870 R. P. Whitworth Martin's Bay Settlement 23/1 I have commenced to make a dingy..out of old boards that are knocking about.

1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 13 May 4/2 There is plenty of musical talent knocking about unused or misdirected.

1897 P. A. Philips Mem. of Past 21 When we did have them they were pretty severe [fires], such as..W. S. Grahame's in Fort Street (any amount of drink knocking about), the fire in High Street.

1902 J. Conrad Typhoon iv. 34 Observing the steady fall of the barometer, Captain MacWhirr thought, ‘There's some dirty weather knocking about.’

1908 W. H. Koebel Anchorage ii. 45 Do you know of a billet knockin' about anywhere that 'ud suit him, boss?

1916 A. Bennett These Twain i. v. 60 ‘There are one or two ordinaries knocking about the place,’ said Edwin, ‘but we haven't got a proper bicycle-house.’

1939 E. M. Forster What I Believe 18 With this type of person knocking about, and constantly crossing one's path if one has eyes to see or hands to feel, the experiment of earthly life cannot be dismised as a failure.

1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek i. 17 I'll just see about a box that ought to be knocking about.

5. to knock about with: to be a habitual companion of.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or associate with [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

to bear (a person) company (also fellowship, etc.)c1225

mella1300

fellowshipa1382

companya1400

accompany1461

to keep company (with)1502

encompanya1513

to keep (a person) company1517

to take repast1517

assist1553

to take up with1570

rempare1581

to go along with1588

amate1590

bear1590

to fall in1593

consort1598

second1600

to walk (also travel) in the way with1611

comitate1632

associate1644

enhaunt1658

join1713

assort1823

sit1828

companionize1870

to take tea with1888

to knock about with1915

tote1977

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1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 323 We talked of Love, Wines, Dinners, Music-halls, of the men we had knocked about with, the girls we had loved.

1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph viii. 122 Look at the sort of people the poor child has knocked about with.

单词	to knock about
释义	> as lemmas to knock about to knock about 1. transitive. To strike hither and thither by a succession of blows; hence, to treat roughly and without respect. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize demolish1646 to knock abouta1817 vandalize1845 distress1943 trash1970 key1987 the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating > hither and thither racket1599 to knock abouta1817 a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 44 They [sc. sailors] are all knocked about, and exposed to every climate, and every weather, till they are not fit to be seen. View more context for this quotation 1876 J. Fergusson Hist. Indian & Eastern Archit. 198 The building..has been so knocked about and altered. 1889 C. F. Woolson Jupiter Lights i. 4 Great waves began to toss her and knock her about. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lxxvii. 406 Young Mustafa refused to cook rice; Farraj and Daud knocked him about until he cried. 1969 Listener 24 July 103/2 After being knocked about to an appalling extent in the first week of the war, the Poles were rallying until the Russians came in on the other side. 2. intransitive. To move about, wander, or roam, in an irregular way; also to lead an irregular life. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly roil?c1335 gada1500 stavera1500 vaguea1525 scoterlope1574 idle1599 haika1605 saunter1671 stravaig1801 palmer1805 streel1805 taver1808 traik1818 gander1822 gallivant1823 gilravage1825 project1828 daud1831 meander1831 to knock about1833 to kick about1839 to knock round1848 piroot1858 sashay1865 june1869 tootle1902 slop1907 beetle1919 stooge1941 swan1942 1833 Sketches & Eccentricities D. Crockett i. 31 David, collecting his clothes,..began to knock about. 1834 W. G. Simms Guy Rivers II. viii. 98 I've been a matter of some fifteen or twenty years knocking about..in one way or another. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 75/2 I had been knocking about in the streets. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship i. 3 I've..no dog-cart to knock about in. 1900 J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. XI. 267 The man admits that in youth he ‘knocked about a little’. 1929 C. Mackenzie Gallipoli Mem. iii. 21 He had knocked about all over the Pacific and would have been a splendid companion. 1937 M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree xx. 265 You're older, and you've knocked about a bit. 3. to knock the balls about: to strike a (billiard, croquet, etc.) ball idly; to play (such a ball game) in a casual fashion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or types of play carambole1775 string1814 cannon1825 to make a baulk1839 star1839 push1851 to play for safety1857 run1857 carom1860 to knock the balls about1864 miscue1889 snooker1889 break1893 break1893 scratch1909 to call one's shot1953 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > play croquet [verb (intransitive)] > types of play or stroke to knock the balls about1864 to take off1872 cut1874 finesse1874 shoot1874 peel1960 1864 C. M. Yonge Trial II. vi. 123 Tom..had seen the Andersons knocking about the balls in the new gardens..and proposed to..try to get up a match. 1872 A. Trollope Golden Lion xviii. 305 He knocked the balls about with his cue. 1907 F. E. E. Bell At Wks. vi. 130 I have seen a club with two free tables, where men..have been happily knocking the balls about from 9 a.m. onwards. 1916 A. Bennett These Twain ii. xiv. 271 ‘Shall we knock the balls about a bit?’ They began a mild game of croquet. 4. To lie around, to be available or in the vicinity; to impend. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent comeOE nigha1225 to draw nearc1330 approachc1374 drawa1375 to stand ina1382 to stand ona1382 instand1382 to draw ona1450 proacha1450 to draw nigha1470 to fall at handa1535 to hang by (on, upon) a threada1538 instant1541 to prick fast upon1565 impend1674 simmer1703 depend1710 loom1827 to knock about1866 to come up1909 1866 F. Hunt 25 Years Exper. N.Z. ix. 45 My carpet bag I left knocking about amongst them with utmost carelessness. 1870 R. P. Whitworth Martin's Bay Settlement 23/1 I have commenced to make a dingy..out of old boards that are knocking about. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 13 May 4/2 There is plenty of musical talent knocking about unused or misdirected. 1897 P. A. Philips Mem. of Past 21 When we did have them they were pretty severe [fires], such as..W. S. Grahame's in Fort Street (any amount of drink knocking about), the fire in High Street. 1902 J. Conrad Typhoon iv. 34 Observing the steady fall of the barometer, Captain MacWhirr thought, ‘There's some dirty weather knocking about.’ 1908 W. H. Koebel Anchorage ii. 45 Do you know of a billet knockin' about anywhere that 'ud suit him, boss? 1916 A. Bennett These Twain i. v. 60 ‘There are one or two ordinaries knocking about the place,’ said Edwin, ‘but we haven't got a proper bicycle-house.’ 1939 E. M. Forster What I Believe 18 With this type of person knocking about, and constantly crossing one's path if one has eyes to see or hands to feel, the experiment of earthly life cannot be dismised as a failure. 1948 R. Finlayson Tidal Creek i. 17 I'll just see about a box that ought to be knocking about. 5. to knock about with: to be a habitual companion of. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or associate with [verb (transitive)] seeOE to bear (a person) company (also fellowship, etc.)c1225 mella1300 fellowshipa1382 companya1400 accompany1461 to keep company (with)1502 encompanya1513 to keep (a person) company1517 to take repast1517 assist1553 to take up with1570 rempare1581 to go along with1588 amate1590 bear1590 to fall in1593 consort1598 second1600 to walk (also travel) in the way with1611 comitate1632 associate1644 enhaunt1658 join1713 assort1823 sit1828 companionize1870 to take tea with1888 to knock about with1915 tote1977 fere- 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 323 We talked of Love, Wines, Dinners, Music-halls, of the men we had knocked about with, the girls we had loved. 1924 M. Kennedy Constant Nymph viii. 122 Look at the sort of people the poor child has knocked about with. extracted from knockv. < as lemmas
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