knock out phrasal verbphr v a) unconscious 昏迷不醒 knock somebody ↔ outUNCONSCIOUS to make someone become unconscious or go to sleep 使某人失去知覺;使某人睡着The champion knocked Biggs out in the seventh round. 那位冠軍在第七回合把比格斯打得失去了知覺。
knock yourself outHis head hit a table as he fell and he knocked himself out. 他跌倒時頭撞在桌子上,昏了過去。
The nurse gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out. 護士給我用了些藥,我就昏睡過去了。
→ knockout1(1) b) defeat 擊敗 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. 德國隊首輪即遭淘汰。
knock somebody/something out of somethingHe first hit the headlines when he knocked Becker out of the French Open Tournament. 他在法國網球公開賽上淘汰了貝克爾,第一次上了頭版頭條。
→ knockout1(3) c) destroy 摧毀 knock something ↔ out to damage something so that it does not work 摧毀,破壞The air raids were planned to knock out communications on the ground. 計劃中空襲是爲了摧毀地面通信。
d) admire 贊賞 knock somebody out informalADMIRE if something knocks you out, it is very impressive and surprises you because it is so good 使某人傾倒,使某人大爲贊賞She loved the movie. It knocked her out. 她非常喜歡這部影片,對它贊歎不已。
→ knockout1(2) e) produce 制作 knock something ↔ out informalMAKE to produce something easily and quickly 〔快速輕鬆地〕做出某物,做完某事Paul has been knocking out new songs for the album. 保羅在爲這張專輯寫出一首又一首新歌。
f) knock yourself out informalWORK HARD to work very hard in order to do something well 〔爲做好某事而〕苦幹 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 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.