| 单词 | conk |
| 释义 | conk (once / 38375 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4n If you conk someone, you bang them on the head. You can also conk your own head on a low-hanging light fixture or cabinet door. Conk is an informal way to say "hit" or "bang," especially when it's someone's head bumping into something. You can also conk out, or collapse from exhaustion — and your motorcycle can also conk out, when it breaks down. Originally, conk meant "punch in the nose," from 19th century slang for "nose," conk. Later, the word became World War I military slang, for the sound a stalling plane engine makes when it "conks out." WORD FAMILYconk: conked, conking, conks USAGE EXAMPLESFrom an occasional pungent Conk, the straightened 1950s-style, to the flattop Afros and pattern cut designs so popular in the 1980s and 90s. New York Times(Oct 27, 2016) It was a few minutes after 7 p.m. on Tuesday when Trump TV conked out. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) It can waver and simply conk out after a few hours of speaking. Wall Street Journal(Oct 24, 2016) 1 v hit, especially on the head 2The stranger conked him and he fainted Hyper hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument 1v pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain Syn|Hyper faint, pass out, swoon black out, pass out, zonk out lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example 2v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 3Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad stop operating or functioning diesuffer or face the pain of death be born come into existence through birth abort cease development, die, and be aborted asphyxiate, stifle, suffocatebe asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen buy it, pip outbe killed or die; drowndie from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating predeceasedie before; die earlier than famish, starvedie of food deprivation falldie, as in battle or in a hunt succumb, yieldbe fatally overwhelmed strangledie from strangulation change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action v come to a stop 4Syn|Hyper stall halt, stop come to a halt, stop moving n informal term for the nose Hyper nose, olfactory organ the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。