单词 | knock-for-knock agreement |
释义 | knock /nok/intransitive verb
ORIGIN: OE cnocian; perh imit knockˈer noun
knockˈing noun
knockˈabout noun
adjective
knockˈ-back noun
knockˈ-down noun
adjective
knockedˈ-down adjective Supplied in parts or kit form for assembly by the purchaser knockˈer-up noun A person employed to rouse workers in the morning knock-for-knock agreement, policy, etc noun An arrangement between motor insurance companies by which, after an accident involving two cars, each company settles the damage to the car it insures without considering which driver was to blame knocking copy noun Advertising material that denigrates competing products knockˈing-shop or knocking shop noun (slang) A brothel knockˈ-knee noun The state of being knock-kneed knock-kneedˈ adjective
knockˈ-on see knock on and knock-on effect below. adjective (informal) Causing or caused by a series of consequences knockˈout noun
adjective
knockout auction noun An auction at which the majority of bidders are dealers in league to keep prices artificially low knockout drops plural noun (informal) A drug put in a drink to make the drinker unconscious knockˈ-rating noun The measurement of freedom from knocking of a fuel in an internal-combustion engine, as compared with a standard fuel knockˈ-up noun (in tennis, etc) practice immediately before a match knock about or around
knock back (informal)
knock cold
knock copy To disparage a rival's products knock down
knock into a cocked hat see under cock1 knock into the middle of next week (informal) To hit (someone) very hard knock off (informal)
knock on
knock-on effect The effect one action or occurrence has on one or more indirectly related matters or circumstances knock one's head against a brick wall To meet with total resistance or refusal to compromise knock on the head (informal) To suppress, put an end to knock on wood see touch wood under touch knock out
knock sideways (informal) To put off one's usual course knock the bottom out of (informal)
knock the (living) daylights out of see under day knock together (informal) To get together or construct hastily knock under (archaic) To give in, yield knock up
on the knocker
up to the knocker (obs sl) Up to the required standard of excellence or fashion |
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