killer

kill·er

K0059000 (kĭl′ər)n.1. One that kills: a disease that was a killer of thousands; a killer of new ideas.2. Slang Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand: an exam that was a real killer.adj.1. Causing death or destruction: killer floods.2. Slang a. Having impressive or effective power or impact; formidable: had a killer smile; made killer profits.b. Extremely useful or indispensible: a killer web application.

killer

(ˈkɪlə) n1. a. a person or animal that kills, esp habituallyb. (as modifier): a killer shark. 2. (Units) something, esp a task or activity, that is particularly taxing or exhausting3. Austral and NZ an animal selected to be slaughtered for food

kill•er

(ˈkɪl ər)

n. 1. a person or thing that kills. 2. Slang. something or someone having a formidable impact, devastating effect, etc. adj. 3. severe; powerful: a killer cold. 4. very difficult or demanding: a killer chess tournament. 5. very effective; superior: a killer recipe for fried chicken. [1525–35]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	killer - someone who causes the death of a person or animalslayerindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"executioner, public executioner - an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warranteradicator, exterminator, terminator - someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler, strangler - someone who kills by stranglingliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)poisoner - someone who kills with poisonregicide - someone who commits regicide; the killer of a kingfelo-de-se, suicide - a person who kills himself intentionally
	2.	killer - the causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"cause of deathcausal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
	3.	killer - a difficulty that is hard to deal with; "that exam was a real killer"difficulty - a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
	4.	killer - predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seasgrampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolfdolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoisesgenus Orcinus, Orcinus - killer whales

killer

noun1. murderer, slaughterer, slayer, hit man (slang), butcher, gunman, assassin, destroyer, liquidator, terminator, executioner, exterminator The police are searching for his killers.2. cause of death, scourge, fatal illness, plague Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in most developed countries.

killer

nounOne who murders another:butcher, cutthroat, homicide, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman.

Translations

凶手杀人者

kill

(kil) verb to cause the death of. He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight. 殺死 杀死 noun an act of killing. The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp. 殺 杀ˈkiller noun a person, animal etc that kills. There is a killer somewhere in the village; (also adjective) a killer disease. 殺人者 杀人者kill off to destroy completely. So many deer have been shot that the species has almost been killed off. 殲滅 消灭kill time to find something to do to use up spare time. I'm just killing time until I hear whether I've got a job or not. 消磨時間 消磨时间

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