Knock
[nɒk] or [nɑk]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
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
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- 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. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If he attempts to run away from you, knock him down, or lock him up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They were very glad to set the chair down, and give a good round loud double-knock at the street door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Before I could knock at the door it was suddenly opened, and a man came running out with a lighted lantern in his hand. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- After that knock they heard a movement below, and somebody shuffling up towards the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Yes, we quarreled, and he knocked me down. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- When I knocked for admission a priest came to the door who, while extremely polite, declined to admit us. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- When I knocked the door was opened by Mrs. Clements herself. 威爾基·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- There were lockers all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The knocking came again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It was just after the mysterious knocking that he began the theme. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The cue was still in my hand, and I went on knocking the balls about, to take off the awkwardness of the thing. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The sea has no appreciation of great men, but knocks them about like the small fry. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Then he takes off his fur hat and knocks it against the door. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- To anybody but a half-blind man it would have said, You want another of the knocks which have already laid you so low. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- A kind of giddy sensation has come upon me, miss, he explained, which rather knocks me over. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
手打:丽塔