单词 | knock off |
释义 | knock off I. 1. < knocks off for several days and lolls about in pajamas — E.P.Snow > 2. slang transitive verb 1. a. < knocking off routine duties with very little thought > b. < knocks off one book after another > 2. a. (1) < arranged that they should knock off work at five — Nevil Shute > : desist from : stop, quit (2) < the foreman knocked off the workers for lunch > < told them he was tired of their talking and that he wished they would knock it off > b. < hoped that the usual inspection would be knocked off > 3. < knocked off 20 cents to make the price more attractive > 4. a. < had enough sense not to get knocked off by the police — Richard Llewellyn > b. < knocked off a gambling joint > 5. a. < knocked off two men, purely on mercenary grounds — Lewis Baker > b. < knocked off each center of rebellion > c. < knocked off every objection > < usually has to knock off only one or two opponents — W.S.Carlson > d. 6. a. slang (1) < knocked off a few trinkets in the store > (2) < knocked off a couple of banks > b. < knocks off a Nobel prize — Ethel Merman > 7. < ordered a schooner of beer and knocked it off with unaffected enthusiasm — A.J.Liebling > II. 1. < knocks off popular dress designs > 2. < knock off a well-known designer > |
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