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单词 knock off
释义 knock off
I. intransitive verb
1. : to discontinue doing something; specifically : to cease from work or some other occupation
 < knocks off for several days and lolls about in pajamas — E.P.Snow >
2. slang : die
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to do especially in a hurried or routine way : take care of : get through with : attend to : dispatch
  < knocking off routine duties with very little thought >
 b. : to produce especially roughly or hastily : turn out hurriedly
  < knocks off one book after another >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to discontinue (work or some other occupation) : leave off
   < arranged that they should knock off work at five — Nevil Shute >
   : desist from : stop, quit
  (2) : to cause to leave off from (work or some other indicated occupation) : dismiss
   < 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. : to dispense with : pass over : skip
  < hoped that the usual inspection would be knocked off >
3. : deduct
 < knocked off 20 cents to make the price more attractive >
4.
 a. : to take into custody : seize, arrest, nab
  < had enough sense not to get knocked off by the police — Richard Llewellyn >
 b. : raid
  < knocked off a gambling joint >
5.
 a. : kill, murder
  < knocked off two men, purely on mercenary grounds — Lewis Baker >
 b. : overcome, destroy
  < knocked off each center of rebellion >
 c. : to get rid of : eliminate
  < knocked off every objection >
  < usually has to knock off only one or two opponents — W.S.Carlson >
 d. : to dispose of to or as if to a bidder at an auction sale : knock down
6.
 a. slang
  (1) : steal
   < knocked off a few trinkets in the store >
  (2) : rob
   < knocked off a couple of banks >
 b. : receive, get, obtain
  < knocks off a Nobel prize — Ethel Merman >
7. : to swallow down : toss of : finish off
 < ordered a schooner of beer and knocked it off with unaffected enthusiasm — A.J.Liebling >
II. transitive verb
1. : to make a knockoff of
 < knocks off popular dress designs >
2. : to make knockoffs of the designs of
 < knock off a well-known designer >
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