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knock (obj) HITHnBk, $nB:kvto hit, esp. forcefully, and cause to move or fall敲;击Please don't knock the table while I'm drawing. [T]我画画时请别敲桌子。I'll knock a nail into the wall to hang the picture on. [T]我将把钉子敲到墙上挂这幅画。As she turned she knocked the pot off the table with her hand. [T]她转身时，手把罐子从桌子上碰了下来。A low branch knocked her off her horse. [T]一根低树枝把她从马上撞了下来。A mugger knocked her to the ground and stole her handbag. [T]一个强盗把她撞倒在地，抢了她的手提包。She was knocked down/over (= hit so that she fell to the ground) by a hit-and-run driver/a truck. [M]她被一个/一辆闯了祸就逃的司机/卡车撞倒了。(saying) "You could have knocked me down/over with a feather" means I was extremely surprised or shocked.我极为惊讶。Who knocked over this vase? [M]谁把这个花瓶打翻了？Some thug knocked him unconscious/senseless. [T + obj + adj]有个恶棍把他打昏了。He fell off his bike and knocked two teeth out. [T + obj + adj]他从自行车上摔下来，撞掉了两颗牙。If you knock a hole in something, you make a hole in it by hitting it.敲洞She took a hammer and knocked a hole in the wall. [T]她拿了一把锤子在墙上敲了个洞。If you knock two rooms into each other/through, you remove the wall between them so that they form one room. [T]把两个房间打通If you knock something out you remove it, esp. by hitting it.敲掉;打掉We'll knock that window out. [M]我们要把那扇窗打掉。He knocked out his pipe (= emptied it of old tobacco). [M]他把烟斗里的灰敲了出来。If a person or team is knocked out, they are defeated and so play no more games in it.击败The champion was unexpectedly knocked out (of the tournament) in the first round.冠军出人意料地在(比赛)第一回合被击败了。To knock a quality out of someone or something is to cause them to lose it.从…去除Failing her exams has knocked some of her arrogance out of her.考试不及格使她少了些傲慢。To knock someone about/around is to treat them violently and hit them.粗暴对待，虐待His father used to knock him about and even once broke his nose.他父亲以前经常虐待他，一次甚至把他的鼻打断了。If you say that you will knock someone's block off, you are threatening to hit them very hard, esp. on the head.给…吃苦头，痛打I'll knock his block off if he tries anything with me!要是他敢对我怎么样，我就要敲碎他的脑袋！If something knocks the bottom out of something else, it damages it, esp. by destroying its support.破坏…的基础;驳倒（论据、理论等）The rise in mortgage rates really knocked the bottom out of the housing market.抵押率的上升确实削弱了房屋市场的基础。(Am) If you say to someone knock'em dead, you are telling them to perform or play as well as they can.尽力演好Okay, son--get out on that stage and knock'em dead!好，儿子----上台去尽量演好！(Br and Aus) If something knocks you sideways/knocks you back/knocks you for six, it shocks or surprises you so much that you do not know what to say or do.使目瞪口呆，使惊呆The news of his death knocked me for six.他的死讯使我惊呆了。To knock someone off their pedestal is to cause them to be no longer treated with great respect or admiration.使…不再受尊重This recent scandal has really knocked the President off his pedestal.最近的这一丑闻真使总统名誉扫地。☆ PEDESTAL 中的put someone on a pedestal(Br and Aus) To knock something on the head is either to prevent it from happening or finally to finish it.制止;使不可能实现Now that the Government has knocked the proposed motorway on the head, local communities can relax.既然政府否定了建高速公路的建议，当地居民可以松口气了。The work's half finished --I need another couple of hours to knock it on the head.工作完成一半了----我再用几个小时就能干完。If you knock sense into someone, you forcefully teach them not to be foolish.让…懂道理A couple of years in the army will knock some sense into him.在军队里呆了几年会让他懂些道理。(Br) If something or someone knocks spots off something or someone else, it is much better than them.远远胜过Geoff's new bike knocks spots off everyone else's.杰夫的新自行车比谁的都漂亮。(esp. Br) When an event or situation has a knock-on effect, it indrectly causes other events or situations.间接影响If one or two trains run late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire rail service.一两班火车晚点会间接影响整个铁路运输。
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