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

kill1

/kɪl

verb [with object]

1Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing): her father was killed in a car crash [no object]: a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood...

Fish farmers are licensed to kill predators that threaten their nets, pens and fish.
He paid tribute to the two soldiers killed in the crash.
Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle.

Synonyms

murder, cause the death of, take/end the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute;

slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, destroy, annihilate, erase, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, decimate, mow down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces;

put down, put to sleep

informal bump off, polish off, do in, do for, knock off, top, take out, croak, stiff, blow away, liquidate, dispose of

North American informal ice, off, rub out, waste, whack, scrag, smoke

literary slay

1.1 (kill someone/thing off) Get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers: there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations...

It showed the disease was still prevalent in the run-up to autumn and had not been killed off by recent warm weather, he said.
The old Mini was effectively killed off in 1999 by safety and emissions regulations.
The brave little boy went through six weeks of radiotherapy then another six months of chemotherapy before the cancer was finally killed off.

1.2 (kill someone off) (Of a writer) bring about the ‘death’ of a fictional character.I'm not thinking about whether I would go back but my character was not killed off, she just left, like most people, in a black cab....

TV detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, played by John Thaw, was killed off last Wednesday.
Creator David Chase reportedly considered killing Livia off and ending the series.

1.3 [no object] (kill out) (Of an animal) yield (a specified amount of meat) when slaughtered: the lambs kill out at 20 kg deadweight...

Concerns have also been raised on poor conformation scores for animals killing out with carcass weights under 300 kg.
Now that the weight limit has been lifted, there is an interesting technical advantage to be gained for those big continental cows that may kill out at over 50 pc.
‘The first scheme, which rewards the breeders of cattle killing out as certain grades, would be administratively very straightforward,’ Mr Kehoe said.

2Put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something): two fast goals from Dublin killed any hopes of a famous Sligo victory...

Any hopes Birmingham had of getting back into the match were killed off by Wayne Rooney with a 78th minute goal.
Nevertheless, it does mean we're in for a tedious few months as the singles sales chart is finally killed off.
The suspended bill is then voted on by those registered to vote and if the majority vote against the bill, it is killed off.

Synonyms

destroy, put an end to, bring to an end, be the end of, end, extinguish, dash, quell, quash, ruin, wreck, shatter, smash, crush, scotch;

stop, block, frustrate, thwart, put a stop to, prevent, defeat, derail

informal put paid to, do for, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, stymie, queer

British informal scupper, dish

veto, defeat, vote down, rule against, reject, throw out, overrule, stop, block, put a stop to, put an end to, quash, overturn, disallow

informal give the thumbs down to, squash

2.1Stop (a computer program or process).Why I should have the right to kill a malicious process on your machine...

It also defeats all known firewalls, killing the running process, replacing the firewall icon, and allowing a stealth FTP connection.
Users have to first kill the Msblast.exe process in Windows Task Manager before they can get anywhere.

2.2 informal Switch off (a light or engine).She killed the engine and climbed out....

I ticked halfway down this service road and stopped the van and killed the lights.
The motorcyclist killed his engine and dismounted.

Synonyms

turn off, switch off, stop, stop working, shut off, shut down, cut, cut out, deactivate;

put out, turn out, extinguish

2.3 informal Delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer.If activated it will kill DLL files related to the updating components of various anti-virus programs....

So I saved the space by killing all the widow lines; I could cut a word and save a line.
That makes it difficult for such users to commit themselves to deleting files and decisions have to be made about what files to kill and what files to keep.

Synonyms

delete, wipe out, erase, remove, destroy, rub out, cut out, cut, cancel, get rid of, expunge, obliterate, eliminate

informal zap

2.4(In soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop: after killing the ball with his chest, he brushed past Reeves...

A long ball in from Ball was killed by the Dutchman, who turned and hit it beyond the helpless Arthur.
He penalised us senseless out there and they were killing so much ball.
When the ball came off my foot on the 50-yard try, I knew I had enough distance because I killed the ball.

2.5 Tennis Hit (the ball) so that it cannot be returned.

2.6Neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality): the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs...

The incessant spread of globalization is killing the very qualities of distinctiveness and diversity of our differing cultures that make this world such a special place to live in.
Do not refrigerate tomatoes, or you'll kill the taste.
This is corporate committee think, and committees always kill creativity.

Synonyms

muffle, deaden, stifle, dampen, damp down, smother, reduce, diminish, decrease, suppress, abate, tone down, moderate, silence, mute, still, quieten, soften, quell

alleviate, assuage, soothe, allay, take the edge off, mitigate, dull, blunt, mask, deaden, stifle, suppress, subdue, weaken, abate, quell, get rid of, put an end to

2.7 informal Consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink): I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie...

A sad thing is going up to the bar to pour your last glass of whiskey, then discovering your first glass killed the bottle.
They killed the bottle in half an hour.

3 informal Overwhelm (someone) with an emotion: the suspense is killing me...

He just hoped that Faye would reply soon because the suspense was killing him.
Please. Stop. The anxiety is killing me.
I buried my face in Scott's chest and let go of all the repressed emotions that had been slowly killing me.

Synonyms

overwhelm, take someone's breath away, leave speechless, shake, move, stir, stun, amaze, astonish, stagger, dumbfound

informal bowl over, blow away, knock sideways, blow someone's mind, knock for six, flabbergast

3.1 (kill oneself) Overexert oneself: I killed myself carrying those things home...

What you realise is you don't win any medals by killing yourself.
Doing an OK job and getting 2% makes far better economic sense when compared to killing yourself and getting 3%.
Figure that as a percentage of your take home and it becomes evident that you're killing yourself with work and family for - literally - nothing.

Synonyms

exhaust, wear out, tire out, overtax, overtire, fatigue, weary, sap, drain, tax, strain, debilitate, enervate, prostrate

informal knock out, fag out, shatter

British informal knacker

3.2Used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person): my boss will kill me for saying this...

These pro-abortion people kill me - they all act as if the most important thing is making abortion safe.
Dad will kill you when he finds out you're drunk!
Bob will kill us if we don't do what we're supposed to do.

3.3Cause pain or anguish to: my feet are killing me...

I'm a bit tired today, knees and ankles are killing me from all the walking I did last night, but it was well worth it.
But at least the new scenarios don't kill you trying to keep guests happy.
There is no electricity, no water, the heat is killing us.

Synonyms

hurt, give pain to, cause pain to, cause agony to, pain, torture, torment, cause discomfort to;

be agonizing, be excruciating, be painful, be sore, be uncomfortable

4Pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event: when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill...

Knowing that I have several hours to kill on my own and that no-one will likely pop round makes me incredibly anxious.
This sometimes-excruciating process usually kills a half-day, and this visit was no exception.
That was enough to kill a good few hours in the afternoon.

Synonyms

while away, use up, fill up, fill in, fill, occupy, beguile, pass, spend, expend;

fritter away, waste

noun [usually in singular]

1An act of killing, especially of one animal by another: a lion has made a kill...

Had he taken the time to do this before, he would easily have made a kill during his journey that day, as the valley was rich with wildlife.
The sport itself is not in the kill, but in the chase.
But many hunts say there are enough options within the law to allow foxes, hares and deer to be legally chased by hounds, though guns may be used for the kill.

Synonyms

death blow, killing, act of killing, dispatch;

conclusion, ending, finish, end, climax;

French coup de grâce

1.1An animal or animals killed: the vulture is able to survey the land and locate a fresh kill...

Given a continuing rise in the kill over the past two weeks, parity with the weekly kill in 2004 will be reached by the middle of this month.
This was how he had learned to be able to keep a kill for himself.
Then the kill is cut up and divided among members of the boat clan, as well as the sail-makers and boatbuilders.

Synonyms

prey, quarry, victim, bag

1.2 informal An act of destroying or disabling an enemy aircraft, submarine, etc. the engagement resulted in fifty-one tank kills...

There seems to be at least one confirmed kill of an enemy plane with such a rifle.
The Submarine Service could have had a kill on the first day of the war but the torpedo went underneath a German ship.
Three of the aircraft that scored MiG kills were older Mirages.

Phrases

be in at the kill

go (or move in or close in) for the kill

if it kills one

kill oneself laughing

kill or cure

kill two birds with one stone

kill someone with (or by) kindness

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'strike, beat', also 'put to death'): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.

Like kick, kill is of unknown origin, although it may be related to quell which meant ‘kill’ in Old English. To be in at the kill is to be present at or benefit from the successful conclusion of an enterprise. The image comes from the idea of the climax of a hunt. In 1814 the future William IV, contemplating the defeat of Napoleon, wrote triumphantly, ‘The game is up with Bonaparte, and I shall be in at the kill.’ Medicine in the 18th century was a risky business, hence kill or cure. Achieving two goals at once is always an attractive thought. Since the 17th century one way of expressing the idea has been to refer to the hope of bird scarers in fields that they can kill two birds with one stone. To kill someone with kindness dates back to the mid 16th century, and appeared in the title of a play of the early 17th century, Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness. The film The Killing Fields, released in 1984, dealt with the horrific events in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge dictatorship of 1975–9, when thousands of people were executed in killing fields and many more died of starvation. The term is first recorded in the early years of the 20th century and is a variation of killing ground, a place where seals were slaughtered.

Rhymes

kill2

/kil

noun

(In place names, especially in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary: Kill Van Kull...

As the ridges began to recede from the river, kills flowed down to expend themselves in the Hudson.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille 'riverbed, channel'.

单词	kill
释义	kill1 /kɪl / verb [with object] 1Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing): her father was killed in a car crash [no object]: a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood... Fish farmers are licensed to kill predators that threaten their nets, pens and fish. He paid tribute to the two soldiers killed in the crash. Hamlet is able to avenge his father's death by killing his uncle. Synonyms murder, cause the death of, take/end the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute; slaughter, butcher, massacre, wipe out, destroy, annihilate, erase, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, decimate, mow down, shoot down, cut down, cut to pieces; put down, put to sleep informal bump off, polish off, do in, do for, knock off, top, take out, croak, stiff, blow away, liquidate, dispose of North American informal ice, off, rub out, waste, whack, scrag, smoke literary slay 1.1 (kill someone/thing off) Get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers: there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations... It showed the disease was still prevalent in the run-up to autumn and had not been killed off by recent warm weather, he said. The old Mini was effectively killed off in 1999 by safety and emissions regulations. The brave little boy went through six weeks of radiotherapy then another six months of chemotherapy before the cancer was finally killed off. 1.2 (kill someone off) (Of a writer) bring about the ‘death’ of a fictional character.I'm not thinking about whether I would go back but my character was not killed off, she just left, like most people, in a black cab.... TV detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, played by John Thaw, was killed off last Wednesday. Creator David Chase reportedly considered killing Livia off and ending the series. 1.3 [no object] (kill out) (Of an animal) yield (a specified amount of meat) when slaughtered: the lambs kill out at* 20 kg deadweight... Concerns have also been raised on poor conformation scores for animals killing out with carcass weights under 300 kg. Now that the weight limit has been lifted, there is an interesting technical advantage to be gained for those big continental cows that may kill out at over 50 pc. ‘The first scheme, which rewards the breeders of cattle killing out as certain grades, would be administratively very straightforward,’ Mr Kehoe said. 2Put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something): two fast goals from Dublin killed any hopes of a famous Sligo victory... Any hopes Birmingham had of getting back into the match were killed off by Wayne Rooney with a 78th minute goal. Nevertheless, it does mean we're in for a tedious few months as the singles sales chart is finally killed off. The suspended bill is then voted on by those registered to vote and if the majority vote against the bill, it is killed off. Synonyms destroy, put an end to, bring to an end, be the end of, end, extinguish, dash, quell, quash, ruin, wreck, shatter, smash, crush, scotch; stop, block, frustrate, thwart, put a stop to, prevent, defeat, derail informal* put paid to, do for, put the lid on, put the kibosh on, stymie, queer British informal scupper, dish veto, defeat, vote down, rule against, reject, throw out, overrule, stop, block, put a stop to, put an end to, quash, overturn, disallow informal give the thumbs down to, squash 2.1Stop (a computer program or process).Why I should have the right to kill a malicious process on your machine... It also defeats all known firewalls, killing the running process, replacing the firewall icon, and allowing a stealth FTP connection. Users have to first kill the Msblast.exe process in Windows Task Manager before they can get anywhere. 2.2 informal Switch off (a light or engine).She killed the engine and climbed out.... I ticked halfway down this service road and stopped the van and killed the lights. The motorcyclist killed his engine and dismounted. Synonyms turn off, switch off, stop, stop working, shut off, shut down, cut, cut out, deactivate; put out, turn out, extinguish 2.3 informal Delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer.If activated it will kill DLL files related to the updating components of various anti-virus programs.... So I saved the space by killing all the widow lines; I could cut a word and save a line. That makes it difficult for such users to commit themselves to deleting files and decisions have to be made about what files to kill and what files to keep. Synonyms delete, wipe out, erase, remove, destroy, rub out, cut out, cut, cancel, get rid of, expunge, obliterate, eliminate informal zap 2.4(In soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop: after killing the ball with his chest, he brushed past Reeves... A long ball in from Ball was killed by the Dutchman, who turned and hit it beyond the helpless Arthur. He penalised us senseless out there and they were killing so much ball. When the ball came off my foot on the 50-yard try, I knew I had enough distance because I killed the ball. 2.5 Tennis Hit (the ball) so that it cannot be returned. 2.6Neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality): the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs... The incessant spread of globalization is killing the very qualities of distinctiveness and diversity of our differing cultures that make this world such a special place to live in. Do not refrigerate tomatoes, or you'll kill the taste. This is corporate committee think, and committees always kill creativity. Synonyms muffle, deaden, stifle, dampen, damp down, smother, reduce, diminish, decrease, suppress, abate, tone down, moderate, silence, mute, still, quieten, soften, quell alleviate, assuage, soothe, allay, take the edge off, mitigate, dull, blunt, mask, deaden, stifle, suppress, subdue, weaken, abate, quell, get rid of, put an end to 2.7 informal Consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink): I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie... A sad thing is going up to the bar to pour your last glass of whiskey, then discovering your first glass killed the bottle. They killed the bottle in half an hour. 3 informal Overwhelm (someone) with an emotion: the suspense is killing me... He just hoped that Faye would reply soon because the suspense was killing him. Please. Stop. The anxiety is killing me. I buried my face in Scott's chest and let go of all the repressed emotions that had been slowly killing me. Synonyms overwhelm, take someone's breath away, leave speechless, shake, move, stir, stun, amaze, astonish, stagger, dumbfound informal bowl over, blow away, knock sideways, blow someone's mind, knock for six, flabbergast 3.1 (kill oneself) Overexert oneself: I killed myself carrying those things home... What you realise is you don't win any medals by killing yourself. Doing an OK job and getting 2% makes far better economic sense when compared to killing yourself and getting 3%. Figure that as a percentage of your take home and it becomes evident that you're killing yourself with work and family for - literally - nothing. Synonyms exhaust, wear out, tire out, overtax, overtire, fatigue, weary, sap, drain, tax, strain, debilitate, enervate, prostrate informal knock out, fag out, shatter British informal knacker 3.2Used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person): my boss will kill me for saying this... These pro-abortion people kill me - they all act as if the most important thing is making abortion safe. Dad will kill you when he finds out you're drunk! Bob will kill us if we don't do what we're supposed to do. 3.3Cause pain or anguish to: my feet are killing me... I'm a bit tired today, knees and ankles are killing me from all the walking I did last night, but it was well worth it. But at least the new scenarios don't kill you trying to keep guests happy. There is no electricity, no water, the heat is killing us. Synonyms hurt, give pain to, cause pain to, cause agony to, pain, torture, torment, cause discomfort to; be agonizing, be excruciating, be painful, be sore, be uncomfortable 4Pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event: when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill... Knowing that I have several hours to kill on my own and that no-one will likely pop round makes me incredibly anxious. This sometimes-excruciating process usually kills a half-day, and this visit was no exception. That was enough to kill a good few hours in the afternoon. Synonyms while away, use up, fill up, fill in, fill, occupy, beguile, pass, spend, expend; fritter away, waste noun [usually in singular] 1An act of killing, especially of one animal by another: a lion has made a kill... Had he taken the time to do this before, he would easily have made a kill during his journey that day, as the valley was rich with wildlife. The sport itself is not in the kill, but in the chase. But many hunts say there are enough options within the law to allow foxes, hares and deer to be legally chased by hounds, though guns may be used for the kill. Synonyms death blow, killing, act of killing, dispatch; conclusion, ending, finish, end, climax; French coup de grâce 1.1An animal or animals killed: the vulture is able to survey the land and locate a fresh kill... Given a continuing rise in the kill over the past two weeks, parity with the weekly kill in 2004 will be reached by the middle of this month. This was how he had learned to be able to keep a kill for himself. Then the kill is cut up and divided among members of the boat clan, as well as the sail-makers and boatbuilders. Synonyms prey, quarry, victim, bag 1.2 informal An act of destroying or disabling an enemy aircraft, submarine, etc. the engagement resulted in fifty-one tank kills... There seems to be at least one confirmed kill of an enemy plane with such a rifle. The Submarine Service could have had a kill on the first day of the war but the torpedo went underneath a German ship. Three of the aircraft that scored MiG kills were older Mirages. Phrases be in at the kill go (or move in or close in) for the kill if it kills one kill oneself laughing kill or cure kill two birds with one stone kill someone with (or by) kindness Origin Middle English (in the sense 'strike, beat', also 'put to death'): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow. Like kick, kill is of unknown origin, although it may be related to quell which meant ‘kill’ in Old English. To be in at the kill is to be present at or benefit from the successful conclusion of an enterprise. The image comes from the idea of the climax of a hunt. In 1814 the future William IV, contemplating the defeat of Napoleon, wrote triumphantly, ‘The game is up with Bonaparte, and I shall be in at the kill.’ Medicine in the 18th century was a risky business, hence kill or cure. Achieving two goals at once is always an attractive thought. Since the 17th century one way of expressing the idea has been to refer to the hope of bird scarers in fields that they can kill two birds with one stone. To kill someone with kindness dates back to the mid 16th century, and appeared in the title of a play of the early 17th century, Thomas Heywood's A Woman Killed with Kindness. The film The Killing Fields, released in 1984, dealt with the horrific events in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge dictatorship of 1975–9, when thousands of people were executed in killing fields and many more died of starvation. The term is first recorded in the early years of the 20th century and is a variation of killing ground, a place where seals were slaughtered. Rhymes bill, Brazil, brill, Camille, chill, cookchill, dill, distil (US distill), downhill, drill, Edgehill, Estoril, fill, freewill, frill, fulfil (US fulfill), Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, hill, ill, instil, krill, mil, mill, nil, Phil, pill, quadrille, quill, rill, Seville, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spadille, spill, squill, still, stock-still, swill, thill, thrill, till, trill, twill, until, uphill, will kill2 /kil / noun (In place names, especially in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary: Kill Van Kull... As the ridges began to recede from the river, kills flowed down to expend themselves in the Hudson. Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch kil, from Middle Dutch kille 'riverbed, channel'.
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