knock

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /nɒk/    美 /nɑk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. countable,uncountable
    — It came to me, like a knock on the door / Erasing all that had gone before / Broken wings can be mended / But this love of ours, we've got to defend it
  2. A sharp impact. countable,uncountable
    — He took a knock on the head.
  3. A criticism. countable,figuratively,informal,uncountable
    — Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
  4. A blow or setback. countable,figuratively,informal,uncountable
    — "Come on!" cried Mr. Beaver, who was almost dancing with delight. "Come and see! This is a nasty knock for the Witch! It looks as if her power was already crumbling."
  5. Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it. uncountable
  6. A batsman's innings. countable,slang,uncountable
    — He had a good knock and scored well.
  7. A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit. countable,uncountable
    — He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
  8. Synonym of hunger knock. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. intransitive
    — Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.
  2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door. dated,transitive
    — Master, knock the door hard.
  3. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue. colloquial,transitive
    — Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
  4. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass. transitive
  5. To hit a ball into play. transitive
    — Despite enjoying more than their fair share of possession the visitors did not look like creating anything, with their lack of a killer ball painfully obvious as they harmlessly knocked the ball around outside the home side's box without ever looking like they would hurt them.
  6. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. UK,dated,slang,transitive
  7. To bump or impact. ambitransitive,dated
    — I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
  8. To have sex with. slang,transitive
  9. To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc. slang,transitive
    — The cops had busted us for selling hot designer bags up on Utica Avenue for some cat who figured we was too young to get knocked if we got caught, but two fat white po-pos said fuck how young we was, and threw us in a cell for damn near three days until they could contact Noojie to come get us out.
  10. To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood. intransitive

词形变化

knocks plural knocks present,singular,third-person knocking participle,present knocked participle,past knocked past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)). More at knuckle.
词源 2
From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)). More at knuckle.
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