1 VERB 敲；击 If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention. 敲；击
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She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door. [V + on/at]
她直奔西蒙的房间，敲了敲门。
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Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready. [V on/at n]
8点钟敲我的窗，我会准备好的。
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He knocked before going in. [VERB]
他进去前先敲了敲门。
SYN bang, beat, strike, tap
2 VERB 碰，撞；（尤指）碰倒，撞倒，敲动 If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves. 碰，撞；（尤指）碰倒，撞倒，敲动 [Also VERB n]
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She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf. [VERB noun prep.]
她不小心把架子上的茶叶罐碰了下来。
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The baby was knocked from his father's arms. [VERB noun prep.]
婴儿被从他父亲的怀中撞落。
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Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair. [VERB noun with adv.]
伊莎贝尔起得太急了，以致碰倒了她坐的椅子。
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Buckets of roses had been knocked over. [VERB noun with adv.]
一桶桶的玫瑰被撞翻在地。
3 VERB 打通（房间或建筑） If someone knocks two rooms or buildings into one, or knocks them together, they make them form one room or building by removing a wall. 打通（房间或建筑）
4 VERB 把…撞击到（某个位置）；把…打成（某种状态） To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious. 把…撞击到（某个位置）；把…打成（某种状态）
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The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
第3波浪太大了，把我打了回去。
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They were knocked to the ground and robbed of their wallets. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他们被打倒在地并被抢走了钱包。
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Someone had knocked him unconscious. [VERB noun adj.ive]
有人把他打昏了。
5 VERB [no cont] 使失去（某种品质或特征） To knock a particular quality or characteristic out of someone means to make them lose it. 使失去（某种品质或特征）
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The stories of his links with the actress had knocked the fun out of him. [V n + out of]
有关他与那位女演员有关系的传闻使他很不开心。
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When they first joined for training many were starry eyed about just sailing around the world. We soon knocked that out of them. [V n out of n]
在他们参加培训之初，很多人还只是对环球航行抱有天真的想法。我们很快便使他们消除了那种想法。
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Those people hurt me and knocked my confidence. [VERB noun]
那些人既伤害了我的身体又打击了我的自信心。
6 VERB 发碰撞声；砰砰作响 If something knocks, it makes a repeated sharp banging noise. 发碰撞声；砰砰作响
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His old truck, knocking and smoking, pulled down the road and out of sight. [VERB]
他那辆旧卡车一边冒着烟一边哐里哐啷地沿路向前驶去，直到驶出了视线。
7 VERB 批评；贬责；挑剔；非难 If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them. 批评；贬责；挑剔；非难 [informal]
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I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them. [VERB noun]
我不是批评他们：想不想做那件事取决于他们。
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Never knock charter flights; they are opening up the world for budget-conscious travellers. [VERB noun]
绝不要挑剔包机航班；他们使精打细算的乘客能够去往世界各地。
SYN criticize, condemn, put down, run down
8 N-COUNT 打击 If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans. 打击
SYN setback, check, defeat, blow
9 PHRASE [VERB inflects] （尤指以相貌）给…留下深刻印象，使…倾倒 To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance. （尤指以相貌）给…留下深刻印象，使…倾倒 [informal]
10 PHRASE 停止干扰;打住 If you tell someone to knock it off, you are telling them to stop doing something that is annoying you. 停止干扰;打住 [informal]
SYN stop, stop it, lay off [informal] , cut it [informal]
11 to knock peoples' heads together→see: head to knock something on the head→see: head to knock someone or something into shape→see: shape to be knocked sideways→see: sideways
Phrasal verbs: - knock aboutknock aroundknock backknock downknock offknock outknock overknock togetherknock up
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | knock Also look up: |
| VERB. | rap, tap 1 bash, hit, strike 2 belittle, criticize, denounce; (ant.) praise 7 |
| Word Partnership | Use knock with: |
| VERB. | answer a knock, hear a knock 1 |
| N. | knock on/at a door 1 |
| ADJ. | loud knock 1 knock someone out cold, knock someone unconscious 4 |
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