knock around
phrasal verbknock around…
(British English also knock about…)
(informal)- to travel and live in various places
漫游 - He spent a few years knocking around Europe.
他花了几年时间漫游欧洲。
- He spent a few years knocking around Europe.
- used to say that something is in a place but you do not know exactly where
（表示某物在一个地方但不知确切位置） - It must be knocking around here somewhere.
它肯定在这儿某个地方。
- It must be knocking around here somewhere.
knock somebody/something around
(British English also knock somebody/something about)
- (informal) to hit somebody/something repeatedly; to treat somebody/something roughly
接连敲击某人（或某物）；粗暴对待 - Her boyfriend had been knocking her about.
她男朋友一直虐待她。
- Her boyfriend had been knocking her about.