knock off
停止做某事, 下班, 匆匆完成, 减少, 抢劫, 复制
例句与用法:
It's after five; let's knock off.
已经五点多了; 下班吧
We knock off at 12:30 for lunch.
我们十二点半时停下工作去吃饭。
1. 撞倒; 打掉
The little girl knocked the glass off by accident.
小女孩不小心碰落了玻璃杯。
2. 减去
They knocked off five dollars from the price.
他们把价格降低了五美元。
3. 停止; 歇工
Let's knock off now.
咱们现在歇一会儿吧。
knock offknock off1.■〈非正〉将…击打掉, 碰撞掉She knocked the vase off by accident.她不小心把花瓶打掉了。A snowball knocked his hat off.一个雪球飞来把他的帽子打落在地。I'm sorry.I've knocked the glass off the table and broken it.对不起, 我把桌子上的杯子碰倒打碎了。2.■〈口〉(使)停止Let's knock off now.现在让我们歇一下吧。When do you usually knock off for lunch?你们通常什么时候休息吃午饭?You've been whistling that same tune all morning. Knock it off, will you?整个上午你说来说去都是老一套, 别再讲了, 好不好?Let's knock off work early and go to the football game.咱们早点收工去看球赛吧。My health compels me to knock off work.我的健康问题使我不得不停止工作。3.■〈非正〉降低If you take both dresses, I'll knock £2 off.你要是两套衣服都买, 我就减价两英镑。The advertised price was 168 dollars, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd shillings.广告价格是168美元, 但是店主减去了零头。When he received his money, he found that five shillings had been knocked off for expenses incurred.当他收到钱时, 他发现已扣去了五先令的费用。I'll knock £3 off the price of the dress if you'll take both dresses.两套衣服都要的话那我就把价钱减少三英镑。Most shopping centers have knocked ten percent off the price.大部分购物中心打九折。4.■〈非正〉快速做…I can knock off a poem in half an hour.半小时之内我就能作一首诗。That composition was knocked off in about two hours after dinner one evening.那首曲子是在一天晚饭后用两小时左右谱写出来的。5.■〈非正〉杀, 谋杀I don't want to knock the old man off; can't we just tie him up to keep him quiet?我不想杀死那老头, 咱们只把他捆起来叫他别做声, 行吗?The old man who owned the jewels was knocked off by the thieves.拥有这些珠宝的老人被窃贼杀死了。6.■〈非正〉偷; 抢劫Where did you get all those watches? Did you knock them off?那些表是从哪儿来的? 抢的吗?He was planning to knock off the library.他正计划盗窃图书馆。They knocked off a bank.他们抢劫了银行。7.■〈口〉拘捕You can't knock me off—I've done nothing!你们不能抓我, 我什么也没干!The criminal was tracked down and knocked off by the police.那个罪犯被警察追到后, 被逮捕起来了。8.■〈口〉完成, 结束I've a pile of work to knock off before I can take my holiday.在我去度假之前, 还有一大堆事情得干完。9.■〈口〉吃完Those boys have knocked off the whole cake!那些孩子把整个蛋糕吃光了!It looked a big dish, but it was almost knocked off in no time.看起来是一大盘菜, 但几乎一下子就扫光了。10.■〈口〉为惩罚而狠打Tell me where you've been out so late, or I'll knock your block off.告诉我你到哪儿去了, 这么晚才回来, 不说我就揍死你。
knock off1.■打掉,碰掉,敲掉;撞倒;击倒:She accidentally knocked the glass off.她不小心把玻璃杯碰掉了。I knocked him off his feet.我把他打倒在地。2.■[口语]停止工作,休息,下班:All the workers knocked off for lunch at twelve o'clock.所有的工人都在12点钟停止工作去吃午饭。What time do you knock off?你们什么时候下班?3.■减掉,降低(价格);减低(速度):The shopkeeper agreed to knock 5 pounds off the price.店主同意把价格降低5镑。4.■匆促完成;匆忙写出(文章等),即席做成:I've a few letters to knock off this morning.今天上午我有几封信要赶出来。He knocks off a poem.他即席赋诗。5.■排除,除掉;击败;破坏;消灭:The headmaster is trying to knock off every objection.校长正努力排除一切反对意见。to knock off opponents击败对手6.■赢得,获得:He knocked off a Nobel prize.他获得了一项诺贝尔奖。7.■[俚语]杀死,谋杀,干掉:He was knocked off by the gangsters.他被歹徒谋杀了。8.■[俚语]偷(某物);抢劫(某处):Who knocked off my purse ?谁偷了我的钱包呢?The man who knocked off a bank last night was arrested.昨天夜里抢劫银行的人被逮住了。9.■[俚语]拘捕,捉住;突然抄查:He was knocked off by the police.他被警察拘捕了。The company was knocked off yesterday.该公司昨天被突然抄查了。10.■[俚语]很快吃光(或喝光):They have knocked off the whole cake in a few minutes!他们在几分钟内便吃光了那块大蛋糕。11.■【板球】得(分):Our team knocked off another two points.我们队又得了两分。12.■[俚语]与(女人)发生性关系;诱奸13.■翻印(时装样本等),复制(时装图样)14.■采取仿制的手段以低于原作的价格出售;以翻印本使售价比…低
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knock off
名词 knock off:
an unauthorized copy or imitation
同义词:knockoff, clone
动词 knock off:
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
同义词:neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in
cut the price of
同义词:shave
take by theft
同义词:hook, snitch, thieve, cop, glom
write quickly
同义词:dash off, scratch off, toss off, fling off
stop pursuing or acting
同义词:drop