词汇 | knock out |
释义 | knock out [phrasal verb] 1 knock (someone or something) out or knock out (someone or something) a : to make (a person or animal) unconscious使昏迷;使失去知觉 The drug knocked him out.麻醉药使他失去了知觉。 The force of the collision knocked him out. [=knocked him cold]碰撞的力量使他晕了过去。 He hit his head against the table when he fell and knocked himself out.他倒下时头撞到桌子,失去了知觉。 b boxing : to defeat (an opponent) with a punch that knocks the opponent down for a certain amount of time(拳击赛中)击倒(对手) He was knocked out in the third round.他在第三回合被击倒。 — see also 1knockout 1 c : to defeat (an opponent) in a competition so that the opponent cannot continue淘汰 My team was the favorite to win the championship, but we were knocked out (of the competition) in the third round.我的球队最有希望夺冠,却在第三轮被淘汰了。 d baseball : to cause (a pitcher) to be removed from the game by getting many hits将(投手)淘汰出局;“打掉”(投手) The starting pitcher was knocked out (of the game) in the fourth inning.这个队的先发投手在第四局被淘汰。 2 knock (something) out or knock out (something) a : to cause (something) to stop working使停止工作;使无用 Missiles knocked out the television station.导弹击毁了电视台。 The storm knocked out electricity across the state.暴雨使得整个州的供电中断。 b : to produce (something) very quickly快速做成 a musical group that just keeps knocking out hit records不断赶制流行唱片的音乐团队 3 knock (yourself) out informal a : to make (yourself) very tired by doing work筋疲力尽 They knocked themselves out trying to build a garage.他们为修个车库搞得筋疲力尽。 I knocked myself out [=I worked very hard] to get the job done on time.为了按时完成任务,我把自己累坏了。 b US — used to tell someone to go ahead and do something用于告诉某人尽管去做某事 “Do you mind if I use this exercise machine first?” “Knock yourself out.”“我可以先用一下这台健身器吗?”“尽管用。” 4 knock (someone) out informal : to make a very strong and good impression on (someone)给…留下好而深刻的印象;使惊叹 Her beauty just knocks me out. [=I think she is very beautiful]她的美貌令我惊叹。 Everyone was knocked out by his suggestion. [=everyone liked his suggestion very much]他的建议给每个人都留下了深刻的好印象。 — see also 1knockout 2 knock |
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