Knock
[nɒk] or [nɑk]
解释:
(noun.) the act of hitting vigorously; 'he gave the table a whack'.
(noun.) negative criticism.
(noun.) a bad experience; 'the school of hard knocks'.
(noun.) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); 'the knocking grew louder'.
(noun.) a vigorous blow; 'the sudden knock floored him'; 'he took a bash right in his face'; 'he got a bang on the head'.
(verb.) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; 'The paper criticized the new movie'; 'Don't knock the food--it's free'.
(verb.) deliver a sharp blow or push :'He knocked the glass clear across the room'.
(verb.) rap with the knuckles; 'knock on the door'.
整理:露丝--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
(v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
(v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
(v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
(n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
(n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
手打:特雷弗
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Rap (as at a door), clap.[2]. Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.
v. n. Rap (as at a door).
v. a. Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.
布兰登手打
解释:
v.i. to strike with something hard or heavy: to drive or be driven against: to strike for admittance: to rap.—v.t. to strike: to drive against.—n. a sudden stroke: a rap.—adj. Knock′-down such as to overthrow.—ns. Knock′er the hammer suspended to a door for making a knock: a goblin inhabiting a mine who points out the presence of ore by knocks; Knock′ing a beating on a door: a rap.—adj. Knock′-kneed having knees that knock or touch in walking.—Knock about (slang) to saunter loaf about; Knock down to fell with a blow: assign to a bidder with a tap of the auctioneer's hammer; Knock into a cocked hat (see Cock); Knock off to desist cease: to accomplish hastily; Knock on the head to bring to a sudden stop; Knock out to beat in a boxing match to overcome generally: to lose the scent—of hounds in fox-hunting; Knock-out auction an auction where the bidders are largely swindling confederates; Knock together to get together or construct hastily; Knock under to give in yield; Knock up to rouse by knocking: weary out or be worn out: to construct hastily: (U.S.) to get with child.
埃利斯手打
例句:
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- If he attempts to run away from you, knock him down, or lock him up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- They were very glad to set the chair down, and give a good round loud double-knock at the street door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Before I could knock at the door it was suddenly opened, and a man came running out with a lighted lantern in his hand. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- After that knock they heard a movement below, and somebody shuffling up towards the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Yes, we quarreled, and he knocked me down. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- When I knocked for admission a priest came to the door who, while extremely polite, declined to admit us. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- When I knocked the door was opened by Mrs. Clements herself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- There were lockers all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The knocking came again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It was shut; and as no one answered to my knocking, I went, by back ways and by-lanes, to the yard where he worked. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It was just after the mysterious knocking that he began the theme. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The cue was still in my hand, and I went on knocking the balls about, to take off the awkwardness of the thing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The sea has no appreciation of great men, but knocks them about like the small fry. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Then he takes off his fur hat and knocks it against the door. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Elliston, still smarting with the knocks, kicks and scratches he had got in his scuffle with the obstinate coachman, was not in a very gentle humour. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- To anybody but a half-blind man it would have said, You want another of the knocks which have already laid you so low. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- A kind of giddy sensation has come upon me, miss, he explained, which rather knocks me over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
手打:丽塔