knockout

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knock·out1 /ˈnɒk-aʊt $ ˈnɑːk-/ noun [countableC]

1 DSOwhen a boxer hits his opponent so hard that he falls down and cannot get up again 〔拳击比赛中的〕击倒对手

The fight ended in a knockout.

这场比赛以一方被击倒而结束。

2 informalBEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGSEXY someone or something that is very attractive or successful 极有魅力的人[物]；非常成功的人[物]

Her dress was a knockout.

她的连衣裙非常漂亮。

3. COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATa type of competition in which only the winning players or teams at each stage continue to play until there is only one winner 淘汰赛

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knockout• Rated G.. Toy Story A knockout.• Sunday's concert was a knockout.• She was a knockout in gym shorts.• A fight could end three ways: by knockout, surrender or by intervention of the referee.• Leslie's a real knockout.• Barrera won by an eighth-round knockout but Cook frustrated him at times.• It leaves the ring on a stretcher; the result is a first-round knockout.

knockout2 adjectiveadj informal

1 knockout punch/blow informal

a) a hard hit that knocks someone down so that they cannot get up again 击倒对手的一拳

b) an action or event that causes defeat or failure 导致失败的行动[事件]

High interest rates have been a knockout blow to the business.

高利率对该企业构成了致命打击。

Examples from the Corpus

knockout punch/blow• But the new West Indies proved encouragingly resilient, repeatedly getting up off the canvas to deliver the final knockout punch.• Great passing; good running, but they lacked a knockout punch.• That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.• The business was reeling from what appeared to have been the knockout punch.• He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.• It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.• And then, as if to deliver the knockout blow to his scheme, the phone rang.• If people will use the vaccine available, it is possible to give paralytic polio a knockout blow within the next year.

2 relating to a type of competition in which only the winning players or teams at each stage continue to play 淘汰赛的，淘汰制的

Scotland’s failure to get through the knockout stage of the competition

苏格兰队在淘汰赛阶段的失利

3. knockout pills/drops etc informal pills etc that make someone unconscious 麻醉药/蒙汗药水等

Examples from the Corpus

knockout• The piece opens and closes with knockout ensemble dances.• The knockout loss to Lewis, which came in the sixth round, seemed to put him out of title contention.• Obese mice, diabetic mice, musclebound mice, even knockout mice.• He may not have a knockout punch, but he does have good moves all the way to the bell.• It was a knockout punch of which Indurain, Hinault or Merckx would have been proud.• He insisted there was some-thing about his right hand-the hand that delivered the knockout punch-that was strange.• That seven eighty-one was like a knockout punch.• Wenger's Arsenal are on the brink of breaking into the knockout stage at the third time of asking.

From Longman Business Dictionary

knockoutknock·out /ˈnɒk-aʊtˈnɑːk-/ noun [countableC]

an arrangement in which people who are trying to buy the same thing agree not to compete against each other on the price

It appears to be doubtful whether a knockout was arranged.

aknockout agreement

knock·out1 nounknockout2 adjectiveadj

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