knock out

phrasal verbphr v

a) unconscious 昏迷不醒 knock somebody ↔ outUNCONSCIOUS to make someone become unconscious or go to sleep 使某人失去知觉；使某人睡着

The champion knocked Biggs out in the seventh round.

那位冠军在第七回合把比格斯打得失去了知觉。

knock yourself out

His head hit a table as he fell and he knocked himself out.

他跌倒时头撞在桌子上，昏了过去。

The nurse gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out.

护士给我用了些药，我就昏睡过去了。

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b) defeat 击败 knock somebody/something ↔ outBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat a person or team in a competition so that they can no longer take part 淘汰某人/某物

The German team were knocked out in the first round.

德国队首轮即遭淘汰。

knock somebody/something out of something

He first hit the headlines when he knocked Becker out of the French Open Tournament.

他在法国网球公开赛上淘汰了贝克尔，第一次上了头版头条。

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c) destroy 摧毁 knock something ↔ out to damage something so that it does not work 摧毁，破坏

The air raids were planned to knock out communications on the ground.

计划中空袭是为了摧毁地面通信。

d) admire 赞赏 knock somebody out informalADMIRE if something knocks you out, it is very impressive and surprises you because it is so good 使某人倾倒，使某人大为赞赏

She loved the movie. It knocked her out.

她非常喜欢这部影片，对它赞叹不已。

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e) produce 制作 knock something ↔ out informalMAKE to produce something easily and quickly 〔快速轻松地〕做出某物，做完某事

Paul has been knocking out new songs for the album.

保罗在为这张专辑写出一首又一首新歌。

f) knock yourself out informalWORK HARD to work very hard in order to do something well 〔为做好某事而〕苦干

Examples from the Corpus

knock out• He is a good boxer, a powerful puncher who has knocked out 18 of his 20 opponents to date.• Jackson hit Brian hard with his left fist and knocked him out.• Why don't you start the gig with that song you wrote yourself? That'll really knock them out.• The blow to Sergeant Lewis' head had knocked him out cold.• If this performer doesn't knock the audience out, I don't know what would.

knock yourself out• A koala, who was the loser in a treetop fight, fell 10m and knocked himself out.• He used the family umbrella as a parachute, fell on his head, and knocked himself out.• His head collided with a table on the way down and he knocked himself out.• Your parents have knocked themselves out for you.• I think he knocked himself out, or something.• I knock myself out to get him a pencil and he makes fun.• You simply want something so much that you knock yourself out to get it.• This project isn't that important, so don't knock yourself out trying to get it done.• If you knock yourself out you could slip under the water and drown.

knock somebody/something out of something• It had knocked the breath out of him when it hit.• Seeing an actual reproduction of it knocks the wind out of me.• The bad news: A concussion that left Young woozy and knocked him out of the game.

knock somebody out• I needed something to knock me out - it was the only way to escape from the pain.

knock yourself out• A koala, who was the loser in a treetop fight, fell 10m and knocked himself out.• He used the family umbrella as a parachute, fell on his head, and knocked himself out.• His head collided with a table on the way down and he knocked himself out.• Your parents have knocked themselves out for you.• I think he knocked himself out, or something.• I knock myself out to get him a pencil and he makes fun.• You simply want something so much that you knock yourself out to get it.• If you knock yourself out you could slip under the water and drown.

→ knock out at knock1(PHRASAL VERB)

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