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sock

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sock1 /sɒk $ sɑːk/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1  socks.jpg DCCa piece of clothing made of soft material that you wear on your foot inside your shoe 袜子，短袜
 a pair of socks
一双短袜
 white ankle socks
白色的齐踝短袜
2  knock/blow somebody’s socks off informalSURPRISED to surprise and excite someone very much 使某人大吃一惊，使某人兴奋
 a new band that will knock your socks off
将会给你带来惊喜的一支新乐队
Examples from the Corpus
knock/blow somebody’s socks off• This in-your-face marketing could be forgiven if the food absolutely knocked your socks off.• The current crop of non-Windows databases can knock the socks off their predecessors.• And yet the correlations just knock my socks off..• So, he popped down to my office, stuck this demo on the turntable and it just blew my socks off.
3  pull your socks up especially British EnglishBrE informalIMPROVE to make an effort to improve your behaviour or your work 努力，用功
 If they want promotion, United have got to pull their socks up.
如果联队想要升级，那就得好好努力。
Examples from the Corpus
pull your socks up• You're not exactly a young lad any more so you've got to pull your socks up.• Maybe we needed to pull our socks up and we are trying to do just that.• With 16 games to go Oxford have still got time to pull their socks up.
4. put a sock in it informalTALK TO somebody used to tell someone in a joking way to stop talking or making a noise 闭嘴，住口〔以开玩笑的方式叫某人不要说话或出声〕
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put a sock in it• To avoid upsetting the kids, Dad spoke to Mum more than once in private, telling her to put a sock in it.• That sort does all sorts of silly things, till experience tells them to put a sock in it.
5  informalHIT a hard hit, especially with your hand closed 猛力的一击；〔尤指〕狠狠的一拳
 Larry gave him a sock on the arm.
拉里在他手臂上狠狠地打了一拳。
n COLLOCATIONS
phrases
a pair of socks
He had a spare pair of socks in his gym bag.
shoes and socks
We took off our shoes and socks and waded in the stream.
adjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + sock
ankle/knee socks
The girls wore navy dresses and white ankle socks.
thick socks
Wear thick socks and boots.
woollen/cotton/nylon socks
Cotton socks are better for your feet.
odd socks (=socks that are not a pair)
He was wearing odd socks – one blue one and one black one.
verbs
wear socks
He always wore red socks.
put your socks on
She sat on the bed beside him, putting on her socks.
take your socks off
My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off.
Examples from the Corpus
sock• Larry gave him a sock in the arm.• A small boy in pajamas and socks wanders blearily behind his father, hands clapped over his ears.• He had taken off his shoes and socks.• This arrangement suited Fogarty down to his socks.• I just need to put my socks and shoes on.• For dumped along with several worn and odd socks was £500 he had hidden in the foot of one pair!• He sat on the edge of the gazebo, wrung out the sock and dried himself as best he could.• Willie stared in amazement at the fields, his thin woollen socks heaped around his ankles.• You would carry this in your sock and give it back to the man, reclaiming your clothes on your way out.
pair of socks• They thought he was reaching for an ornamental knife when in fact he was just picking up a pair of socks.• So she ran in and whipped a pair of socks on to the girl's feet.• Perhaps she would put on another pair of socks.• I put on a clean pair of socks.• The biggest thing was just a dry pair of socks.• Then she reached into her sack and took out a thick pair of socks.
sock2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  informalHIT to hit someone very hard, especially with your hand closed 〔尤用拳〕猛击，狠打 SYN thump
 He socked her in the face.
他猛地一拳打在她脸上。
2  informal if someone is socked with something bad, they are suddenly affected by it 使〔突然〕遭受损失，损害
be/get socked with something
 I got socked with a big car repair bill.
我很惨，付了一大笔修车费。
n Grammar
Sock is usually passive in this meaning.
3. be socked in American EnglishAmETT if an airport, road, or area is socked in, it is very difficult to see far and no one can travel because of bad fog, snow, or rain 〔机场、道路或地区因大雾、大雪或大雨〕被封住，被困住
Examples from the Corpus
be socked in• But Boston was socked in, so the plane flew straight to Frankfurt from Philadelphia.
4. sock it to somebody old-fashionedTELL to tell someone to do something in a direct and forceful way 强硬地让某人做某事，直截了当地要某人做某事
Examples from the Corpus
sock it to somebody• The mainstream media are socking it to her.
5 sock something ↔ away phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE to save money by putting it in a safe place 储存〔钱〕，积攒〔钱〕
 Roger socked away more than $1 million a year.
罗杰一年存一百多万 美元。
Examples from the Corpus
sock• Bill socked her so hard that the bruise lasted a week.• I began crying and swearing and socking myself on the head for being such a damn fool.• We have to be ready to sock them in the mouth, to kick back when they kick us.• Airline passengers are being socked with fuel surcharges.
Origin sock1
1. Old English socc, from Latin soccus “light shoe”
2. (1600-1700) → SOCK2
 sock2
1. (1600-1700) Probably from a Scandinavian language.
2. (1900-2000) sock “windsock”. sock away (1900-2000) From → SOCK1
sock1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1sock2 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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