1 PHRASAL VERB 使不省人事;使入睡 To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. 使不省人事;使入睡 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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He was arguing with his girlfriend and she hit him with a frying pan! Nearly knocked him out. [VERB noun PREP.]
他和女友争吵时女友竟拿煎锅砸他!几乎把他砸晕了过去。
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The three drinks knocked him out. [VERB noun PREP.]
3杯酒就让他昏昏入睡了。
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He had never been knocked out in a professional fight. [be VERB-ed PREP.]
在职业拳击赛中,他从未被击倒判败过。
SYN floor, knock unconscious, knock senseless, render unconscious
2 PHRASAL VERB 击败;淘汰 If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. 击败;淘汰 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
SYN eliminate, beat, defeat, trounce
4 PHRASAL VERB 摧毁;使瘫痪 If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. 摧毁;使瘫痪
SYN destroy, total [slang] , waste, ruin