kill
v
1 [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
cause death or cause the death of (sb/sth) 致死; 殺死, 扼殺(某人[某事物])
Careless driving kills! 開車大意危及生命!
Cancer kills thousands of people every year. 每年有數(shù)以千計(jì)的人死於癌癥.
The guard was killed with a high-powered rifle. 那衛(wèi)兵被殺傷力大的火槍擊斃了.
(fig infml 比喻, 口) My mother will kill me (ie be very angry with me) when she finds out where I've been. 我母親要是知道我到過那地方非把我宰了不可(一定大怒).
2 [Tn] (infml 口) (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)) cause pain to (sb) 使(某人)疼痛, 痛苦
My feet are killing me. 我的腳疼極了.
3 [Tn]
(a) (esp in football) stop (a ball) suddenly and completely with one's foot (尤指足球)停(球).
(b) (esp in tennis) hit (a ball) so that it cannot be returned (尤指網(wǎng)球)扣(球).
4 [Tn] bring (sth) to an end 終止, 結(jié)束, 了結(jié)(某事物)
kill sb's affection, interest, appetite 使某人失去好感、 興趣、 胃口
the goal that killed Brazil's chances of winning 決定巴西隊(duì)敗局的一分.
5 [Tn, Cn.a] (infml 口) cause (sth) to fail or be rejected 使(某事物)失敗, 遭拒絕
kill a project, a proposal, an idea, etc (stone dead) 使一計(jì)劃、 建議、 想法等不能實(shí)現(xiàn)
The play was killed by bad reviews. 那出戲被貶斥的評論扼殺了.
6 [Tn] (infml 口) switch or turn off 關(guān)掉
kill a light, the radio, a car engine 關(guān)掉燈、 收音機(jī)、 汽車發(fā)動機(jī).
7 [Tn] make (one colour) appear ineffective by contrast with another 抵銷(某一色彩)的效果
The bright red of the curtains kills the brown of the carpet. 這些鮮紅色窗簾顯得棕色地毯黯然失色.
8 (idm 習(xí)語) be dressed to kill => dress2. curiositykilled the cat => curiosity. have time to kill => time1.,kill the fatted `calf (fml or joc saying 文或謔, 諺) joyfully celebrate sb's return or arrival 歡宴或歡慶某人的歸來或到達(dá). ,kill the ,goose that ,lays the ,golden `eggs (saying 諺) destroy (through greed or carelessness) sth that would have produced continuous profit in the future 殺雞取卵; 自絕財(cái)源. kill oneself (doing sth/to do sth) (infml 口) try too hard 過分努力
The party's at eight, but don't kill yourself getting here/to get here on time. 八點(diǎn)鐘聚會, 但是不必勉強(qiáng)趕時(shí)間來. ,kill or `cure [esp attrib 尤作定語]
(likely to) be either completely successful or a total failure 不是全勝就是大敗
a kill-or-cure approach to the problem 對問題采取非勝即敗的態(tài)度
The tough new measures on drug abuse are likely to be a case of kill or cure. 禁毒新措施很強(qiáng)硬, 大有成敗取決於此之勢. kill `time; kill two, a few, etc hours spend time as pleasantly as possible but unprofitably, esp while waiting for sth 消磨時(shí)間(尤指等待時(shí))
My flight was delayed, so I killed time/killed two hours reading a book. 我那趟班機(jī)誤點(diǎn)了, 我只好看書消磨時(shí)間[打發(fā)了兩小時(shí)]. kill ,two ,birds with ,one `stone achieve two aims with a single action or simultaneously 一石二鳥; 一箭雙 ; 一舉兩得. ,kill sb with `kindness harm sb by being excessively or mistakenly kind 溺愛某人反而使其受損.
9 (phr v) kill sb/sth off destroy or get rid of sb/sth 殺死某人; 破壞某事物; 除掉某人[某事物]
kill off weeds, insects, rats 滅除雜草、 害蟲、 老鼠
He killed off all his political opponents. 他把政敵排除一空.
(fig 比喻) The author kills off her hero in Chapter 7. 作者把她的主人翁安排在第七章中死去. kill, n
1 act of killing 殺死: The lion made only one kill that day. 那天獅子只捕殺了一個(gè)獵物.
2 (usu sing通常作單數(shù)) animal(s) killed 被殺死的動物
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作“殺”的手勢,說“k”掉那只雞。
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*[kil]n. 殺, 殺戮, 小河vt. 殺, 破壞, 消滅, 使終止, 抵消, 否決vi. 殺死【計(jì)】 刪除【經(jīng)】 殺死相關(guān)詞組: kill two birds with one stone to kill do sth to kill be dressed to kill kill time