knock out

英 [nɒk aʊt]

美 [nɑːk aʊt]

使不省人事; 使入睡; 击败; 淘汰; 摧毁; 使瘫痪

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使不省人事；使入睡
  Toknocksomeoneoutmeans to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep.
  1. He was arguing with his girlfriend and she hit him with a frying pan! Nearly knocked him out...
     他和女友争吵时女友竟拿煎锅砸他！几乎把他砸晕了过去。
  2. The three drinks knocked him out...
     3杯酒就让他昏昏入睡了。
  3. He had never been knocked out in a professional fight.
     在职业拳击赛中，他从未被击倒判败过。
• See also:Henri Leconte has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open...The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships.knockout
• PHRASAL VERB 摧毁；使瘫痪
  If somethingis knocked outby enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it.
  1. Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers...
     我们的轰炸机摧毁了移动火箭发射台。
  2. A storm has made roads treacherous and knocked out power.
     一场暴风雨致使公路隐患重重且电力瘫痪。

英英释义

verb

• destroy or break forcefully
  1. The windows were knocked out
• empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
  1. knocked out a pipe
• eliminate
  1. knock out a target
• knock unconscious or senseless
  1. the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds
  Synonym:knock coldkayo
• overwhelm with admiration
  1. All the guys were knocked out by her charm

双语例句

• We had the grenades, but it is very hard to knock out a tank with a hand grenade!
  虽然我们有手***，但是想要只用一颗手***就彻底干掉一辆坦克是非常困难的！
• Could a pinch knock out the power of an entire city?
  收缩器能中止整个城市的电源吗？
• Two teens from Hong Kong asked themselves the same question. Now they've developed a door handle that can knock out germs on contact.
  两个来自香港的少年也同样问了自己这个问题，现在他们研发了一种门把手，可以清除在接触过程中产生的细菌。
• Our soldiers had the orders to knock out enemy guns.
  我们的战士接到了摧毁敌人火力的命令。
• To be sure, Eco wasn't the first serious philosophy scholar to knock out a mystery.
  当然，艾柯不是第一个严肃的哲学学者闯入神秘小说的领域。
• It went back to a knock out format with no round-robin.
  放弃循环赛重新采用了淘汰制。
• Scientists are confident that they can make lasers which can knock out missiles.
  科学家相信，他们能制造出毁坏导弹的激光器。
• In a panic, she managed to knock out the crocodile and free herself. Then, she woke up.
  在痛苦中，她设法击败了鳄鱼，使自己解脱，然后她惊醒了。
• When boxing, do not expect to have the first punch be a knock out.
  在拳击比赛中，不要指望第一拳就将对手击倒在地。
• There are enough of us to pick four sides and hold a knock out competition.
  从我们中间完全可以挑选出4名选手去参加这场引人注目的比赛。