| 单词 | to knock down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock down to knock down 1. transitive. To strike or fell to the ground with a blow or blows; figurative to overcome, vanquish, cause to succumb. Also, to bring down by a shot, or by artillery, etc., fire. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat shendc893 overwinOE overheaveOE mate?c1225 to say checkmatea1346 vanquishc1366 stightlea1375 outrayc1390 to put undera1393 forbeat1393 to shave (a person's) beardc1412 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 adawc1440 supprisec1440 to knock downc1450 to put to the worsta1475 waurc1475 convanquish1483 to put out1485 trima1529 convince1548 foil1548 whip1571 evict1596 superate1598 reduce1605 convict1607 defail1608 cast1610 banga1616 evince1620 worst1646 conquer1655 cuffa1657 trounce1657 to ride down1670 outdo1677 routa1704 lurcha1716 fling1790 bowl1793 lick1800 beat1801 mill1810 to row (someone) up Salt River1828 defeat1830 sack1830 skunk1832 whop1836 pip1838 throw1850 to clean out1858 take1864 wallop1865 to sock it to1877 whack1877 to clean up1888 to beat out1893 to see off1919 to lower the boom on1920 tonk1926 clobber1944 ace1950 to run into the ground1955 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > knock down to smite (a person or thing) to the groundc1250 weve13.. pallc1390 to knock downc1450 nolpc1540 call1729 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike severely > so as to knock down to knock downc1450 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) shoot1617 to bird off1688 to knock downa1744 to pick off1745 pop1762 drill1808 plug1833 perforate1838 slap1842 stop1845 pot1860 spot1882 plunk1888 pip1900 souvenir1915 poop1917 spray1922 smoke1926 zap1942 crack1943 pot-shoot1969 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxxix. 110 Brynge to nouȝt folkes, þat wol haue bateiles. Knocke hem doun in þy miȝt. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. vi. 8 Knocke him downe. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 479 Cut down Hammoks, knock down wooden stanchions. a1744 W. Byrd Journey Land of Eden in Writings (1901) 311 We pursued our Journey thro' uneven and perplexed Woods, and in the thickest of them had the Fortune to knock down a young Buffalo, 2 Years old. 1787 J. Wolcot Ode upon Ode in Wks. (1812) I. 443 I would rather be knocked down By weight of argument, than weight of Fist. 1809 M. L. Weems Life Gen. F. Marion xi. 98 Many a family goes without dinner unless the father can knock down a squirrel in the woods. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 261 Mackie, who had been knocked down by the sun the day before and had died that afternoon. 1940 War Illustr. 12 Apr. 366/3 But before the Germans had managed to recover from their surprise that only three British 'planes dared to attack them, the young flight leader had knocked down two of them. 2. To drive (a stake, etc.) into the ground by blows; to fasten (a rivet) by knocking the end flat. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating smitec1330 swapa1375 inbeatc1420 possa1425 rushc1440 strike1450 ram1519 pash1530 thwack1566 whip1567 thump1596 lash1597 knocka1616 switcha1625 to knock down1653 to knock in1669 stave1837 whip1868 slog1884 to beat down- 1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 61 If the Plants are..in danger to be shaken by the winds, then knock down a stake close to every one. 1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xvii. 329 The various modes of forming the rivet-point, or, in technical language, of ‘knocking-down’ the rivet. 3. To dispose of (an article) to a bidder at an auction sale by a knock with a hammer or mallet. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction roup1513 to sell at a pike1594 to put, etc., under the spear1600 knocka1626 outcry1676 to cry out1701 cant1720 to knock down1765 auctioneer1785 auction1884 1765 C. Johnstone Chrysal IV. i. xvi. 113 It was..knocked down to the last bidder. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. i. 43 Here's the family tree, and now you may knock down my ancestors. 1884 Illustr. London News 20 Dec. 603/1 The first Aldine Horace, of 1501..was knocked down for fifteen guineas. 4. To call upon, nominate (for some function, etc.); from the chairman at a dinner, etc., doing this with the knock of a hammer or mallet. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > to do something ordaina1325 disponec1374 rule1448 appoint1496 awarda1538 allot1566 to knock down1759 to set on1852 1759 O. Goldsmith Clubs in Busy Body 13 Oct. 14 The Grand..had knocked down Mr. Spriggins for a song. 1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 130 He was knocked down for the crap [sc. gallows] the last sessions. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy v The call is with you, Ned,..knock some one down for a song. 5. To summon (a person) downstairs by knocking at his door. (Cf. to knock up at Phrasal verbs) rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > knocking, etc., as signal > knock, etc., as signal [verb (transitive)] > summon (a person) down or out by knocking to chap out1818 to knock down1881 1881 Athenæum 3 Sept. 303/2 At an early hour..the farmer's wife said to her son, ‘Thomas, go and knock your father down’. 6. To disconnect the parts of (a structure that is ‘knocked together’: see to knock together 3 at Phrasal verbs) by blows; to take to pieces. Cf. knock-down adj. 3, knocked-down adj. at knocked adj. 2. (The opposite of knock up, to knock up 4 at Phrasal verbs.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 1776 [implied in: Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1862) VII. 571 Shaken or knocked down casks. (at knocked adj. 2)]. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1239/2 A chair complete and box to hold a dozen knocked down. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) xix. 194 The six-hundred-gallon water tank arrived, knocked down and looking disappointingly like a bundle of faggots. 1958 Times Rev. Industry Dec. 65/3 Motor-car body shells..knocked down for export. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 206 Knock down, disassemble freight or merchandise. 7. To lower effectively in amount or degree. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1867 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 3 ii. 533 A very plentiful season has knocked down prices. 1895 Times 27 Apr. 12/2 When the picture leaves the exhibition, whether it would not be well to ‘knock down’, as they say, those somewhat too brilliant tones. 8. Australian and New Zealand slang. To spend in drink or riot. Hence knocking down n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > waste time or money in drink drink1492 tipplea1625 wine?1624 to knock down1852 soak1903 1852 in Occas. Papers Univ. Sydney Austral. Lang. Res. Centre (1966) No. 9. 15 They then go ‘upon the burst’ as they call it, and drink until all their earnings are ‘knocked down’. 1861 H. W. Harper Lett. from N.Z. (1914) 65 [Station hands] proceed to ‘knock down their cheque’, giving it to the landlord and bidding him treat all comers as long as it lasts. 1866 Bk. Canterbury Rhymes 19 I knock my earnings down [at the Royal Hotel]. 1869 M. Clarke Peripatetic Philosopher (reprint) 80 Knocked down thirteen notes, and went to bed as tight as a fly. 1874 A. Bathgate Colonial Experiences xi. 142 He would get amongst a bad lot and knock down every penny of our hard-earned cash. 1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They were ‘knocking down’ their cheques and living at the rate of ten thousand a year. 1879 J. Grey His Island Home iii. 32/1 They appear to derive intense satisfaction from the knocking down process until their resources were exhausted. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xiii. 99 They could earn money, and..proceeded to ‘knock down’ the same by means of..alcoholic indulgence. 1884 Marcus Clarke Memor. Vol. 135 At shearing time, when the ‘hands’ knocked down their cheques. 1904 M. Cradock Sport in N.Z. i. i. 10 Their rabbit cheques generally find their way to the nearest public house, to be ‘knocked down’ as soon as received. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry 1 Knock down, to spend a cheque, usually in one quick celebration. 9. U.S. slang. To appropriate or embezzle (esp. passengers' fares). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] purloinc1475 embezzle1585 intervert1600 peculate1715 misappropriate1825 eat1849 to knock downa1854 malversate1881 a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 86 No knocking down, sir! 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xii. 220 Now, tell a feller, is there any chance to knock down? 1864 T. L. Nichols 40 Years Amer. Life I. 89 The omnibus-drivers were expected to ‘knock down’ a certain proportion of the receipts. 1872 J. D. McCabe Lights & Shadows N.Y. Life xi. 214 In order to make up the deficiency between their actual wages and their necessities, the conductors and drivers have fallen into the habit of appropriating a part of the money received from passengers to their own use... This practice of ‘knocking down’, or appropriating money, begins with the conductor, as he alone receives the money paid for fares. 1882 J. D. McCabe New York 158 The driver of a stage was furnished with a cash-box,..he had frequent opportunities of ‘knocking down’, or appropriating a modest sum to his own use. 1888 Boston Jrnl. 31 Oct. 2/4 The street car conductors..have been ‘knocking down’ from $100 to $200 a day, and several have been arrested. 1892 C. W. Balestier Average Woman He's knocking down fares every day. 1949 ‘J. Evans’ Halo in Brass xx. 172 Some..clerk who was knocking down on the till. 10. intransitive. To deal a knock or blow downwards (e.g. on the floor, to arouse a person below). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > so as to produce a sound > knock > downwards to knock down1724 1724 R. Wodrow Life J. Wodrow (1828) 166 He had given a groan, and the person in waiting knocked down. When I came up, I observed his lips quivering. 11. passive. Of a ship (see quots. 1891, 1948). U.S. ΚΠ 1873 G. H. Procter Fisherman's Mem. & Rec. Bk. 128 A severe gale, which knocked the vessel down and nearly swamped her. 1891 H. Patterson Illustr. Naut. Dict. 104 Knocked down, said of a vessel when, by the force of the wind acting upon her sails and spars, she is careened to such an extent that she does not recover herself. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 387/1 Knocked-down, the situation of a vessel listed over by wind to such an extent that it does not recover. 12. To earn, get paid. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > earn earneOE fangOE i-earnOE winc1175 getc1300 betravail1393 to knock out1873 to pull downa1902 to knock down1929 pull1937 1929 M. Lief Hangover vi. 100 She and Humphrey rented a cottage in Westport..where authors who knocked down $3,000 for knocking out a short story of 5,000 words, built such magnificent houses. 1949 New Yorker 5 Nov. 76/2 You wanna know hommuch that animal knocks down a week? < as lemmas |
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