| 单词 | to knock off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock off to knock off 1. transitive. To strike off by or as by a blow; also figurative. to knock off a person's head, to ‘beat’ or surpass him. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike off with a blow to smite offa1225 latch1535 wipe1596 to knock offa1616 slat1828 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 286 Knocke off his Manacles. View more context for this quotation 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 94 If a parcel of Matter be knockt off from another. 1719 E. Young Busiris ii. 23 Till Death shall knock them [sc. chains] off. 1862 Cornhill Mag. June 655 I could knock his head off in Greek Iambics. 2. To cause to desist or leave off from work; to discharge or dismiss from employment, to ‘lay off’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to desist ceasec1320 stint1338 stop1393 apausea1555 to knock off1651 surcease1791 to draw up1861 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (transitive)] > stop (work) > cause to stop work to knock off1651 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 195 He returned..to his study, where he sat, unlesse suitors or some other affaires knockt him off. 1881 A. Bathgate Waitaruna xii. 172 [The boss] would growl at the offending shearer and make use of some vague threat of ‘knocking him off’. 1889 Times (Weekly ed.) 13 Dec. 3/2 The men were knocked off earlier. 1896 ‘M. Rutherford’ Clara Hopgood xxvi. 256 As reg'lar as winter comes Longwood is knocked off—no work. 1955 Times 9 June 8/3 The Cunard company put the main restaurant at his service and the staff captain ‘knocked off all the men from their duties’. 3. intransitive. To desist, leave off; to cease from one's work or occupation; slang to die. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > work at specific times or periods [verb (intransitive)] > stop work to shut (one's) shop-windowc1478 to shut up one's shop1560 unyoke1594 to put up the shutters1877 to shut down1877 strike1890 stand1892 to knock off1916 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxliii, in Poems (1878) IV. 161 The Sun (who quafft French blood, to Harrie's health) knock's of And can noe more. 1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 159 If thou do not..knock off from following any farther. a1704 Let. in T. Brown's Wks. (1760) IV. 183 Perverse people..that would not knock off in any reasonable time, but liv'd long, on purpose to spite their relations. 1842 Spirit of Times 4 June 158/2 My tackle being very light I had to humor him, and 'twas full half an hour before I killed him. Knocked off, and set Joe to work to boil rock [i.e. fish]. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick liv. 281 Do you want to sink the ship, by knocking off at a time like this? 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. III. xxix. 110 We were forced to knock off through sheer fatigue. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Doing their Bit iii. 49 The factory was knocking off for dinner as we came away. 1969 M. Crouch Essex ii. 28 One who has just knocked off for his tea-break. 4. transitive. To stop, discontinue, give up (work). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment i. i. 10 As for McSnip, he intends to knock off business, home to England and purchase a title. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 71 After we had knocked off work and cleared up decks for the night. 1884 W. C. Russell Jack's Courtship xvii I heard that you had knocked off the sea some years ago. 1885 R. Buchanan Matt viii He at once knocked off painting for the day. 5. To dispatch, dispose of, put out of hand, accomplish; to complete or do hastily; spec. to write, paint, etc., in a hurried and perfunctory fashion. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] deliverc1400 expedite1471 dispatchc1515 jumpa1616 to make wash-work with1637 rattlea1766 to knock off1817 rustle1844 reel1870 zip1891 rush1893 fast forward1982 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > make, compile, or concoct to shuffle up1532 rash1570 huddle1579 to knock upc1580 to clap upa1616 to run up1686 to knock out1856 to knock off1886 whang1935 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > construct or compile carelessly to clap upc1530 ruffle1533 huddle1579 to knock off1886 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt III. 68 He had..to dispose of..a christening, a marriage, and a funeral; but he would knock them off as fast as he could. 1820 J. W. Croker Let. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. xxiii. 87 I am anxious to knock off this task whilst..it is fresh in my recollection. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. xiii If you have any business..with me, the sooner we knock it off the better. 1886 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 35/1 When he knocked off a few stanzas of poetry. 1925 R. Fry Let. 11 Nov. (1972) II. 584 Derain..lets 'em [sc. dealers] have any old thing, or rather, what's much worse, any new thing which he's knocked off. 1970 W. Garner Puppet-masters xv. 124 Look, you could knock off a few hundred words on Baxx without so much as scratching the surface of your magnum opus. 6. To strike off, deduct from an amount or sum. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] abatec1400 rebate1425 batec1440 minishc1483 diminish?1504 detract1509 detray1509 deduct1524 defalkc1540 defalcate1541 subtray1549 derogate1561 discount1561 deduce?1566 substract1592 to strike off1597 reduct1600 subtract1610 subduct1716 to knock off1811 dock1891 shave1961 minus1963 1811 J. Austen Let. 6 June (1995) 193 As you knock off a week from the end of her visit, & Martha rather more from the beginning, the thing is out of the question. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. ii. 26 Every comfort of life knocked off! Journeys, London, servants, horses, table. View more context for this quotation 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 ii. 305 The saltpetre diminished the yield 5 bushels..and the salt..also knocked off 3 bushels. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 384 A great deal is knocked off from our claim against the Grand Trunk. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars v. 244 The steward graciously knocked off seventy-five per cent. 1892 Sir W. Grantham in Law Times 94 63/2 Most of the plaintiff's bill was passed by the Taxing Master, and only £63 knocked off. 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor i. i. 11 First string of the 'Varsity mile. Believed..to be going to knock five seconds off his last year's time. 1966 Melody Maker 15 Oct. 19 (advt.) Quality instruments at knocked-off prices. 1972 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 19/2 The gloomy assessment..knocked 12p off ICI's share price in London. 7. Cricket. Of batters, to score the runs requisite for victory, or to oblige (a bowler) to be taken off by scoring heavily from his bowling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs fetch1735 run1752 to knock up1837 to knock off1851 to run out1856 to hit off1857 rattle1860 compile1884 to hit up1895 slog1897 1851 J. Pycroft Cricket Field ii. 30 If in the field..and trying hard to prevent these few runs being knocked off by the last wickets, I know of no excitement so intense. 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 34 These two gentlemen scored 123 runs between them, knocking off Caffyn, Jackson, Parr, [etc.]. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 18 Pullar and Cowdrey knocked off the 49 required to win without actually being separated. 8. [imperative use of 3.] knock it off!: leave off! stop it! ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > leave off! or stop it! to do waya1325 stay1601 go and eat coke1669 to leave off1785 whoa1838 drop it!1843 cut1859 turn it up1867 to come off ——1896 to chuck it1901 knock it off!1902 cut it out1903 nix1903 break it down1941 to shove it1941 leave it out!1969 1902 N.Z. Illustr. Mag. 5 488 Knock it off, boys. 1945 D. Dempsey It ain't Brooklyn in Best One-act Plays 1944 28 Will you knock it off, please? 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxvii. 294 ‘Hey, knock it off down there,’ a voice rang out from the far end of the ward. ‘Can't you see we're trying to nap?’ 9. slang. To steal, to rob. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] reaveeOE benima1325 berob1340 pelfa1400 distress1490 derob1546 heave1567 shrive1630 strubc1680 spung1719 to do over1785 strong-arm1896 make1926 heist1930 to take off1937 hit1955 to knock off1960 1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 729/1 A curious term used by a Tommy, in ‘explaining’ his deficiencies of kit, is ‘Someone knocked it off’ for ‘Someone pinched (or made away with) it’. 1925 E. Wallace Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder vi. 224 A big-shouldered man whose speciality was the ‘knocking-off’ of unattended motor-cars. 1928 E. Wallace Gunner ii I got him nine months at the London Sessions for knockin' off motor-cars. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 14 They learn to ‘knock things off’. 1956 C. Willock Death at Flight iv. 42 Mr. Goss had shown himself willing to knock off a pheasant himself. 1959 New Statesman 26 Sept. 404/2 After quietly knocking off a couple of retail shoe chains at the end of 1958, he entered the public takeover lists and won control of a Connoisseur's gobbet—Temperance Billiard Halls. 1960 Observer 24 Jan. 5/2 The boys either knocked off a hut where they knew gelly was kept or straightened a quarry man. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing i. 16 Always dropping in on me..with search-warrants..and turning over that place of mine as if they expected to find some knocked-off gear there. 1969 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 20 July 30/5 Only a few weeks after he finished up at St. Laurence's Christian Brothers College, Luzzcek knocked the place off. 1973 A. Hunter Gently French iii. 24 Just met a bloke..in the nick... Him what was in there for knocking-off cars. 10. slang (originally U.S.). To kill; to murder. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)] amurderOE murderc1175 homicidec1470 murdresc1480 murtrish1490 manquell1548 slaughter1582 massacre1591 assassinate1600 remove1609 assassin1620 to do the business for a person1759 Septembrize1794 croak1823 square1888 shift1898 to take out1900 to bump off1907 bump1914 to do in1914 to put out1917 to knock off1919 terminate1920 to give (a person) the works1929 scrag1930 snuff1932 wash1941 waste1964 wipe1968 to terminate with extreme prejudice1969 neutralize1970 snuff1973 stiff1974 1919 E. Streeter Same Old Bill 28 Im goin to rite just as much as I can. Thats partly sos you wont worry an partly so that if I get knocked off you will have something to amuse you in case you go into a convent. 1929 Papers Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. 10 304 Knocked off, killed. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxiv. 217 Hitler..ordered the blood purge which knocked off Roehm, Von Schleicher, and others among his former pals. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck iv. 75 A United States Army officer was knocked off in a joint of his off Mount Street. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 107 Knock off, to kill. 1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xxii. 145 One of my boys..got knocked off— an' nobody does a damn' thing about who knocked him off. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. i. ii. 24 In one village a white launched a murder campaign because ‘he liked knocking off blacks’. 11. Underworld slang. To arrest (a person); to raid (an establishment). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 1926 F. D. Wilkinson in Flynn's 6 Feb. 58/1 ‘Willie of Detroit is here and is knocking everybody off.’ (Meaning, arresting them.) 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 456/2 Knock off, to raid; to arrest. ‘The feds knock off the scatter.’ 1930 G. Smithson Raffles in Real Life xix. 256 About ten days or so after being ‘knocked off’..the Chief Warder came to my cell. 1939 ‘D. Hume’ Heads you Live ii. 24 You..acted as a so-called hostess at the Angel Club in Dean Street for a year before it was knocked off. 1960 J. Stroud Shorn Lamb iii. 33 There was two other boys wiv Egg when you knocked him off, why ain't they 'ere? 1969 R. V. Beste Next Time I'll Pay xi. 157 You're the sort who'd knock off his mother because she hadn't got a lamp on her bike five minutes after lighting up time. 12. slang. To copulate with, to seduce (a woman). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with > specifically of a man jape1382 overliec1400 swivec1405 foilc1440 overlay?a1475 bed1548 possess1592 knock1598 to get one's leg over1599 enjoy1602 poke1602 thrum1611 topa1616 riga1625 swingea1640 jerk1650 night-work1654 wimble1656 roger1699 ruta1706 tail1778 to touch up1785 to get into ——c1890 root1922 to knock up1934 lay1934 pump1937 prong1942 nail1948 to slip (someone) a length1949 to knock off1953 thread1958 stuff1960 tup1970 nut1971 pussy1973 service1973 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer viii. 134 Hell, she isn't much,..but she's all there is around here. And if you don't want her, I don't mind knocking her off. 1965 A. Prior Interrogators v. 69 Do you think that young twit Wilkinson is knocking her off? 1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 265 The vocabulary of impersonal sex is peculiarly desolating. Who wants to..‘knock off a bit? of belly? of crumpet?’ 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1109/4 Knocking off his best friend's busty wife during boozy sprees on leave in Soho. 13. In machine-knitting (see quot.). ΚΠ 1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 93 The old loop being thus liberated from the needle, is ‘knocked off’ by what is termed a knock-over-bit, so that the old loop joins the previously-made loop of the fabric. < as lemmas |
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