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单词 kill
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kill

verb
 
/kɪl/
/kɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they kill
/kɪl/
/kɪl/
he / she / it kills
/kɪlz/
/kɪlz/
past simple killed
/kɪld/
/kɪld/
past participle killed
/kɪld/
/kɪld/
-ing form killing
/ˈkɪlɪŋ/
/ˈkɪlɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [transitive, intransitive] to make somebody/something die
    • kill (somebody/something) Cancer kills thousands of people every year.
    • Tiredness while driving can kill.
    • Dozens of civilians were killed or injured in the attack.
    • She was nearly killed by a car bomb.
    • Both members of the crew were killed instantly when the missile hit their aircraft.
    • Three soldiers were killed in action (= while fighting) yesterday.
    • She tried to kill me!
    • The terrorists threatened to kill the hostages.
    • I bought a spray to kill the weeds.
    • (informal) My mother will kill me (= be very angry with me) when she finds out.
    • kill yourself He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.
    • kill yourself doing something (figurative) Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait.
    Extra Examples
    • Three people were killed in the crash.
    • He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional.
    • The animals are killed quickly and humanely.
    • As a young boy he accidentally killed his brother.
    • The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed.
    • The poison was slowly killing her.
    • The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately.
    • They plotted to kill the dictator.
    • (figurative) I nearly killed myself carrying that suitcase all the way here.
    Topics Crime and punishmenta2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • outright
    • almost
    • nearly
    • …
    verb + kill
    • want to
    • be prepared to
    • threaten to
    • …
    phrases
    • admit killing somebody
    • admit to killing somebody
    • deny killing somebody
    • …
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  2. [transitive] kill something to destroy something or make it less good; to make something stop
    • to kill a rumour
    • She claims that social media kills relationships.
    • The defeat last night killed the team's chances of qualifying.
  3. [transitive] kill something (informal) to switch off a light or engine; to stop a computer program or process
    • She killed the engine and climbed out.
    • The only way to kill the process is to reboot the computer.
  4. [transitive] kill somebody | it kills somebody to do something (informal) (usually used in the progressive tenses and not used in the passive) to cause somebody pain
    • My feet are killing me.
  5. [transitive] kill somebody (especially North American English) to make somebody laugh a lot
    • Stop it! You're killing me!
    6. Word OriginMiddle 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.
Idioms
curiosity killed the cat
  1. (saying) used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them
dressed to kill
  1. (informal) wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you
have time on your hands | have time to kill
  1. (informal) to have nothing to do or not be busy
if looks could kill…
  1. used to describe the very angry or unpleasant way somebody is/was looking at you
    • If looks could kill, she thought, seeing the expression that came over his face when he saw her, she’d be dead on the pavement.
    • I don’t know what I’ve done to upset him, but if looks could kill…
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
  1. (saying) to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.Topics Difficulty and failurec2
kill or cure
  1. (British English) used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completelyTopics Successc2, Difficulty and failurec2
kill time | kill an hour, a couple of hours, etc.
  1. to spend time doing something that is not important while you are waiting for something else to happen
    • We killed time playing cards.
kill two birds with one stone
  1. to achieve two things at the same time with one actionTopics Successc2
kill somebody/something with kindness
  1. to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them
kill yourself laughing
  1. (British English) to laugh a lot
    • He was killing himself laughing.

kill

noun
/kɪl/
/kɪl/
[usually singular]
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  1. an act of killing, especially when an animal is hunted or killed
    • A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill.
    • The plane prepared to move in for the kill.
    • in at the kill I was in at the kill when she finally lost her job (= present at the end of an unpleasant process).
    Extra Examples
    • The animal crouched down, getting ready for the kill.
    • The lion made a quick kill.
    • The meat is divided up among all those present at the kill.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clean
    • easy
    • quick
    • …
    verb + kill
    • make
    • be in at
    • close in for
    • …
    preposition
    • at the kill
    • for the kill
    See full entry
  2. an animal that has been hunted and killed
    • lions feeding on their kill
    • vultures sensing a fresh kill
    3. Word OriginMiddle 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.
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