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| 1 | C a hit with your foot 踢 |
| Lifting her foot, she aimed a kick at George. 她抬起脚，摆出要踢乔治的姿势。 |
| give sbsth a kick Bobby gave the door a good kick. 博比狠狠地踹了门一脚。 |
| take a kick at sb One man took a flying kick at a police officer. 一个男子飞腿朝一位警官踢去。 |
| a kick in the face/jaw/teeth etc Fowler received a kick in the face that broke his jaw. 福勒的脸部被踢了一脚，连下巴都被踢破了。 |
| | 1a | an act of kicking a ball in a game 踢球 | | Barnes had missed three easy kicks at goal. 巴恩斯错过了3次轻松射门的机会。 | |
| | 1b | a sudden movement of your leg forward and upward , especially in a dance （尤指舞蹈中的）踢腿，举腿 | | the high kicks of the cancan 康康舞的高踢腿动作 | |
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| 2 | singular informal a feeling of excitement or pleasure 快感；乐趣 |
| To become involved with professional football is a real kick for me. 对于我来说，参加职业足球比赛真是刺激。 |
| get a kick out offrom sth I get a real kick out of seeing my children do well in school. 看到孩子们在学校表现良好，我真的很高兴。 |
| do sth for kicks I just play the banjo for kicks – I’ m not very good at it. 我弹班卓琴只是为了好玩，并不是特别擅长。 |
| | 2a | to do something , especially something bad , because it gives you a feeling of excitement 干某事(尤指坏事)来寻求刺激 | | He got his kicks from inflicting pain on others. 他以给别人造成痛苦为乐。 | |
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| - | a kick up the backside informal
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| something that shocks people and makes them decide to try harder |
| 使人震惊的事物；催人奋进的事物 |
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| Their leaders need a kick up the backside if they’ re going to save the economy. 如果他们的领导人想挽救经济的话，他们就得有惊人之举。 |
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| - | a kick in the teeth/stomach/guts informal
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| something that makes you feel very disappointed or upset , especially when you have been trying hard to achieve something |
| 使人大失所望之事；使人不安之事；重大挫折 |
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| He described the court’ s decision as a kick in the teeth to the people of Britain. 他用“使英国人民大失所望”这样的字眼来形容法庭的裁决。 |
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