| 单词 | to knock out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto knock out to knock out 1. transitive. To strike or dash out by a blow; to stun or kill by a blow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike out with a blow latcha1225 slentc1380 to hit out1393 squat?1553 slat1577 to knock outa1616 king1916 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > strike or knock out to knock outa1616 rap1795 to hit out1838 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > incapacitate by to knock outa1616 to knock (also beat, etc.) a person stupid1811 to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 out1896 K.O.1922 kayo1923 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by blow(s) to beat (also stone, slay, etc.) to deathOE to swap to (the) death, of livea1375 to ding to deathc1380 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)?1562 settle?1611 to bowl (one) to deatha1616 tomahawk1711 stocking1762 out1899 to knock out1903 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 86 Many haue their giddy braynes knockt out . View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. x. 15 I shall knock your Brains out if you have any. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 102 Knocking the ashes out of his pipe. 1903 Sun (N.Y.) 2 Dec. 1 Scott's reputation is excellent, and the managers fear that he has been knocked out and robbed. a1918 W. Owen Coll. Poems (1963) 7 Ye get knocked out; else wounded—bad or cushy; Scuppered; or nowt except yer feelin' mushy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > by noise to knock out1574 bleep1973 1574 in G. Peacock Observ. Stat. Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. p. vi If the Father shall upon his Chyldrens Aunswer replie and make an Argument, then the Bedel shall knocke hym out. 3. (See quots., and knock-out adj. and n.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction > obtain at nominal price and resell to knock out1876 1876 W. Green & C. Hindley Life & Adventures Cheap Jack 203 The concern would..be ‘knocked out’ at once, that is resold by auction among themselves and the profit divided. 1896 J. S. Farmer Slang Knock-out, a man frequenting auction rooms and joining with others to buy at a nominal price. One of the gang is told off to buy for the rest... At the end of the sale the goods are taken to a near hand public-house, where they are resold or knocked-out among the confederates. 4. figurative. To drive out of the contest; to vanquish, exhaust. Cf. to knock out of time at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 3m(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > soundly threshc1384 to knock the socks offa1529 thump1597 thrash1609 thwacka1616 capot1649 to beat to snuff1819 to knock into a cocked hat1830 to —— (the) hell out of1833 sledgehammer1834 rout1835 whop1836 skin1838 whip-saw1842 to knock (the) spots off1850 to make mincemeat of1853 to mop (up) the floor with1875 to beat pointless1877 to lick into fits1879 to take apart1880 to knock out1883 wax1884 contund1885 to give (a person) fits1885 to wipe the floor with1887 flatten1892 to knock (someone) for six1902 slaughter1903 slather1910 to hit for six1937 hammer1948 whomp1952 bulldozer1954 zilch1957 shred1966 tank1973 slam-dunk1975 beast1977 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > knock down or out to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 to send to dorse1822 dorse1825 to knock out1883 to put out1895 stop1895 K.O.1922 kayo1923 starch1930 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Apr. 4/1 (Farmer) Foxhall..was second favourite for some time, but he has now been knocked out to comparatively long odds. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Apr. 11/2 The light-weight champion ‘knocked out’ his two first opponents. 1894 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/1 Two years ago Aston Villa [football club] knocked out Sunderland. 1900 Daily News 21 Apr. 7/3 You have to have your horses fit, otherwise you knock them out. 5. To make roughly or hastily. (Cf. to knock off 5 at Phrasal verbs) 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)] > 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 1856 C. Dickens Let. 19 Jan. (1995) VIII. 30 We may knock out a series of descriptions..without much trouble. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean II. iii. v. 113 I wish..you could knock out something for her before you leave town. 6. intransitive (University slang.) To gain exit from a college by knocking at the gate after it has been shut. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (intransitive)] > knock to gain admission or exit from college to knock in1825 to knock out1861 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > knocking, etc., as signal > knock, etc., as signal [verb (intransitive)] > gain admittance or exit by knocking to knock in1825 to knock out1861 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. xii. 231 ‘Hullo!’ he said, getting up; ‘time for me to knock out’. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe I. vii. 82 Five out-college men had knocked out at a quarter to three. 7. ‘To lose the scent: said of hounds in fox-hunting’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 187 When the game was up, she soon ‘knocked out’ and went in quest of cold trails. 8. transitive. To earn. Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. slang. 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 1871 C. L. Money Knocking about in N.Z. ii. 18 They knocked out in this day as much gold as sufficed to make them afterwards two rings.] 1873 V. Pyke Story Wild Will Enderby (ed. 4) i. xiv. 62 Two industrious young men who worked very hard for a bare living—‘just knocking out tucker’, as the phrase went. 1874 V. Pyke Adventures G. W. Pratt 12/2 I can knock out tucker enough for the pair of us. 1920 Sat. Evening Post 27 Mar. 3/2 At that I was knocking out about eighteen hundred dollars per annum selling cigars out of South Bend. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum (1960) ii. 123 Knock out, to earn (a sum of money). 9. transitive. To eliminate, remove forcibly, get rid of, destroy. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > do away with or eradicate to do awayOE to do outOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 to set awayc1430 to set apart1455 roota1500 weed1526 ridc1540 root1565 displace1580 root1582 put1584 eradicate1647 eliminate1650 eruncate1651 to knock out1883 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] to bring to noughteOE forspillc893 fordilghec900 to bring to naughtOE astryea1200 stroyc1200 forferec1275 misdoa1325 destroyc1330 naught1340 dingc1380 beshenda1400 devoida1400 unshapea1400 to wend downa1400 brittenc1400 unloukc1400 perishc1426 defeat1435 unmake1439 lithc1450 spend1481 kill1530 to shend ofc1540 quade1565 to make away1566 discreate1570 wrake1570 wracka1586 unwork1587 gaster1609 defease1621 unbe1624 uncreate1633 destructa1638 naufragate1648 stifle1725 stramash1788 disannul1794 destructify1841 locust1868 to knock out1944 dick1972 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlvi. 465 The religious feature has been pretty well knocked out of it [sc. Mardi-Gras at New Orleans]. 1904 Sun (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 4 In power, the Democrats wouldn't knock out protection if they could. 1927 J. N. McIlwraith Kinsmen at War xvii. 170 I will have to knock that idea out of Lucy's head too, straightway. 1933 F. Baldwin Innocent Bystander (1935) ii. 30 I got a good deal of it knocked out of me. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 15/1 In the Bir el Gubi area the 22nd Armoured Brigade..knocked out forty-five enemy tanks. 1955 Times 28 June 4/4 It is now believed that even if all the major ports of the United Kingdom were knocked out by atomic attack sufficient food for the population could still be passed through minor ports. 1971 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 1 India claimed to have knocked out forty tanks in a major battle on the Kashmir front. 10. transitive (Founding.) To separate (a flask) from a casting contained inside it, or (a casting) from a flask containing it. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > found or cast (object) > separate casting from mould strip1884 to knock out1906 1906 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 70 174 The castings were all made in green sand, and were allowed to cool before being ‘knocked out’, i.e. taken from the sand. 1942 Engineering 6 Mar. 195/2 One difficulty was to get cool sand after the castings had been knocked out. 1955 H. E. Crivan in W. C. Newell Casting of Steel vi. 227 Heavier, dry sand work can be knocked out over a grid using hammers to loosen the sand. 11. to knock oneself out: to make a considerable effort, to apply oneself energetically (to the point of exhaustion). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself [verb (reflexive)] > with strenuous physical effort > to the point of exhaustion to knock out1936 1936 Mademoiselle Mar. 43/2 All the fancier lassies..are practically knocking themselves out in an effort to get to Hollywood. 1951 A. Green & J. Laurie Show Biz p. xxi They like ‘knocking themselves out’ for Variety. 12. To give (a person) enjoyment, to excite. Often reflexive and in passive. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > affect with pleasurable excitement [verb (transitive)] > give thrill of pleasurable excitement to dirl1513 slay1863 razzle-dazzle1886 to turn on1903 panic1920 wow1924 kill1938 to knock out1942 fracture1946 gas1947 stoke1963 1942 Amer. Mercury July 95 Knock yourself out: have a good time. 1944 New Yorker 8 July 27/1 There are times when Duke laughs naturally and exuberantly; for example, when the boys..are competing to see who can whistle the lowest note. ‘I knock myself out,’ he says. 1947 Band Leaders & Record Rev. Feb. 20 ‘When I heard it,’ Ella Mae says, ‘it knocked me out.’ 1953 D. Wallop Night Light xix. 236 It's pretty hard to be knocked out with a baby when you know its old man is bored with the whole idea. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 36 I used to make them crazy dishes... This used to knock him out. When my time was running out, he made me an offer to stay on and cook for him. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. iv. 202 A man who knocked himself out every evening and let the others put the quietus to him in the night. 1966 Melody Maker 7 May I only heard half an hour of Ornette but I wasn't knocked out at all. 13. intransitive of an aeroplane: to break down completely, to conk out. ΚΠ 1916 B. Hall Diary 10 Nov. in B. Hall & J. J. Niles One Man's War (1929) xxvii. 212 All of a sudden, she knocked out and I let her sit out in the open and walked on into camp. < as lemmas |
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