| 单词 | kill |
| 释义 | kill (kɪl ) Word forms: kills , killing , killed 1. verb B1 If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces. [be VERB-ed] He had attempted to kill himself on several occasions. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] Cattle should be killed cleanly and humanely. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] The earthquake killed 62 people. [VERB noun] Heroin can kill. [VERB] Synonyms: slay, murder, execute, slaughter killing uncountable noun B2 There is tension in the region following the killing of seven civilians. [+ of] Synonyms: tiring, hard, testing, taxing Synonyms: deadly, deathly, dangerous, fatal Synonyms: hilarious, amusing, absurd, ludicrous 2. countable noun [usually singular] The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill. After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat. Synonyms: killing, murder, massacre, slaughter 3. verb If someone or something kills a project, activity, or idea, they completely destroy or end it. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether. [VERB noun] Public opinion may yet kill the proposal. [VERB noun] Synonyms: destroy, defeat, crush, scotch Kill off means the same as kill. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 4. verb If something kills pain, it weakens it so that it is no longer as strong as it was. He was forced to take opium to kill the pain. [VERB noun] Synonyms: deaden, reduce, check, dull 5. verb [only cont] If you say that something is killing you, you mean that it is causing you physical or emotional pain. [informal] My feet are killing me. [V pron] Synonyms: hurt, burn, smart, sting 6. verb If you say that you kill yourself to do something, you are emphasizing that you make a great effort to do it, even though it causes you a lot of trouble or suffering. [informal, emphasis] You shouldn't always have to kill yourself to do well. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 7. verb If you say that you will kill someone for something they have done, you are emphasizing that you are extremely angry with them. [emphasis] Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him. [VERB noun] 8. verb If you say that something will not kill you, you mean that it is not really as difficult or unpleasant as it might seem. [informal] Three or four more weeks won't kill me! [V pron] 9. verb If you are killing time, you are doing something because you have some time available, not because you really want to do it. I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses. [VERB noun] To kill the hours while she waited, Ann worked in the garden. [VERB noun] 10. if it kills me phrase If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful. [emphasis] I'll make this marriage work if it kills me. 11. kill yourself laughing phrase If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny. [informal, emphasis] 12. move in for the kill/close in for the kill phrase If you move in for the kill or if you close in for the kill, you take advantage of a changed situation in order to do something that you have been preparing to do. Seeing his chance, Dennis moved in for the kill. 13. to kill two birds with one stone phrase If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one. 14. dressed to kill phrase If someone is dressed to kill, they are wearing very smart or fashionable clothes because they want people to notice them and think they are attractive. [informal] 15. to kill the goose that lays the golden egg phrase [Vs inflect] If someone kills the goose that lays the golden egg, they harm or destroy the person or thing that gives them their money, power, or advantage. Unregulated tourism can kill the goose that laid their golden egg. 16. to be killed outright phrase usage note: There are several words which mean similar things to kill. To murder someone means to kill them deliberately. Assassinate is used to talk about the murder of an important person, often for political reasons. If a large number of people are murdered, the words slaughter or massacre are sometimes used. Slaughter can also be used to talk about killing animals for their meat.If someone is killed outright, they die immediately, for example in an accident. My driver was killed outright. Phrasal verbs: kill off 1. kill [sense 3] 2. phrasal verb If you say that a group or an amount of something has been killed off, you mean that all of them or all of it have been killed or destroyed. Their natural predators have been killed off. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] It is an effective treatment for the bacteria and does kill it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Quotations: Thou shalt not kill Bible: Exodus Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive Officiously, to keep aliveThe Latest Decalogue Idioms: kill the goose that lays the golden egg to result in an important source of income being destroyed or seriously reduced It's a classic case of too many tourists loving a place to death. `They're killing the goose that laid the golden egg,' said the park manager. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dressed to kill wearing very stylish clothes which are intended to attract attention and impress people She was dressed to kill in a red strapless gown. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kill the fatted calf to celebrate and do everything possible to welcome a person He went off to make movies, and when he returned, his record company didn't exactly kill the fatted calf. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kill two birds with one stone to manage to achieve two things at the same time We can talk about Union Hill while I get this business over with. Kill two birds with one stone, so to speak. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers kill someone with kindness to treat someone very kindly even though this is not what they need or want `He is killing me with kindness,' Sallie says. `He's just too attentive.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers move in for the kill to act decisively to defeat your enemy or opponent Nick and I appeared almost unstoppable and we moved in for the kill. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in at the kill [British] present and either watching or taking part when a contest or struggle comes to an end and one side is completely defeated Burns was one of the happiest men at the finish. He was in at the kill 106 miles and four-and-a-quarter hours after the start of the race. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 杀死 Japanese: 殺す |
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