| 单词 | kill |
| 释义 | verb | noun killkill1 /kɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1MAKE somebody/something DIE [intransitive, transitive] to make a person or living thing die: She was accused of killing her husband. You’ll kill your plants if you water them too much. Smoking kills.kill yourself What made Alan kill himself? The driver was killed instantly.THESAURUSmurder – to deliberately kill someone: He is accused of murdering four people.take somebody’s life – to kill someone. Used to emphasize that life is important: All religions teach that it is wrong to take another person’s life.assassinate – to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963.commit murder – to murder someone. Used when you are not saying exactly who was murdered: What would make her want to commit murder?commit suicide – to deliberately cause your own death: After killing the other people, he committed suicide.commit manslaughter – to kill someone without intending to: He was accused of committing manslaughter after driving too fast and hitting someone in a parking lot.execute somebody/put somebody to death – to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: Members of the former government were executed for their crimes.slaughter/massacre – to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Troops came into the village and slaughtered hundreds of people.exterminate formal – to kill all of a particular group of animals or people: They use poison to exterminate the insects.slay – to kill someone violently. Used especially in newspapers: The family was slain in their homes.2MAKE something STOP/FAIL [transitive] to make something stop or fail, or to turn off the power to something: Could you give me something to kill the pain? Quick! Kill the lights.3ANNOYED/SAD [transitive] informal to make someone feel extremely unhappy, tired, angry, etc.: Work is killing me.it kills somebody to do something It kills her to have to be nice to Randy.4somebody will kill somebody informal used to say that someone is very angry with someone else: Carrie will kill me if I forget her birthday.5kill time/an hour etc. to do something that is not very useful or interesting while you are waiting for something to happenSPOKEN PHRASES6my head/back etc. is killing me used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot: I can’t go with you tonight. My head is killing me.7it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) used when saying that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it: It wouldn’t kill you to do the dishes.8MAKE somebody LAUGH [transitive] to make someone laugh a lot at something: Alan wore a dress to the party? That kills me!9(even) if it kills me said when you want to show that you are determined to do something, even if it is very difficult: I’m going to finish this even if it kills me.10kill a beer/a bottle of wine etc. to drink something quickly or to finish what is left of a drink: Let’s kill these beers and go.11kill yourself to do something to work very hard to achieve something, but in a way that is likely to make you sick or very tired: He’s been killing himself to make the business go.12kill two birds (with one stone) to achieve two things with one action: I need to go and see Annie so I thought I’d kill two birds and visit you on the way.13kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success14kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone who does not like or approve of you → see also dressed to kill at dressed (4), if looks could kill at look2 (8)kill somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb1to cause the death of a lot of living things: Some scientists think an asteroid killed off the dinosaurs.2 used to say that the writer of a story has a character in a story die or be killed: The main character’s wife gets killed off in the first chapter.3to stop something completely or cause it to fail completely: Deregulation had killed off a lot of small airlines. verb | noun killkill2 noun 1[countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal: Shoot only if you are confident of a kill.2move/go/close in for the kill to come nearer to something and prepare to kill, defeat, or destroy it: Enemy submarines were moving in for the kill.3[singular] an animal killed by another animal, especially for food4[countable] the act of gaining a point by hitting the ball very hard down to the ground in volleyball |
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