knocks
A knock is when someone hits a door or window to attract someone's attention.
They heard a knock at the front door.
他们听到前门有敲门声。
A knock is a firm touch that causes something to fall or move.
The bags have tough exterior materials to protect against knocks, rain, and dust.
这些袋子结实的外层材料有防撞、防雨和防尘的作用。
If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans.
knock around
If someone knocks around somewhere, they spend time there, experiencing different situations or just passing time.
reporters who knock around in troubled parts of the world.
穿梭于世界动乱地区的记者们。
They knock around on weekends in grubby sweaters and trousers.
他们周末穿着邋遢的毛线衫和裤子到处闲逛。
If someone knocks you around, they hit or kick you several times.
He lied to me constantly and started knocking me around.
他经常跟我撒谎并且开始对我拳打脚踢。
knock down
To knock down a building or part of a building means to demolish it.
pull down
Why doesn't he just knock the wall down?
他为什么不索性把墙拆掉?
To knock down a price or amount means to decrease it.
First-quarter revenue forecasts were knocked down from £25million to £23.7million.
第一季度的收入预测从2500万英镑降低至2370万英镑。
If someone is knocked down or is knocked over by a vehicle or its driver, they are hit by a car and fall to the ground, and are often injured or killed.
run over
He died after being knocked down by a car.
他被一辆汽车撞倒后死了。
A drunk driver knocked down and killed two girls.
一个喝醉了酒的司机撞死了两个女孩子。
A car knocked him over.
一辆汽车把他撞倒了。
knock off
To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount.
We have knocked 10 off admission prices.
我们已将入场票的价格降低了10。
When you knock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break.
If I get this report finished I'll knock off early.
如果我完成这个报告就会早点儿下班。
knock out
To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep.
The three drinks knocked him out.
这3杯酒让他昏昏欲睡。
If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition.
He got knocked out in the first round.
他在第一局就被淘汰了。
If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it.
Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers.
我们的轰炸机已经摧毁了那些移动发射台。
knock up
If you knock something up, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available.
knock together
If a woman is knocked up by a man, she is made pregnant by him.
When I got knocked up, the whole town knew it.
我肚子大起来时,全镇的人都知道了。
knocks , knocking , knocked
If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention.
She went directly to Simon's flat and knocked on the door.
她径直走到西蒙的住处,敲了敲门。
If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves.
She accidentally knocked the glass off the shelf.
她无意中把架子上的玻璃杯碰了下来。
To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious.
The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards.
第三个浪头如此猛烈,把我打了回去。
To knock a particular quality or characteristic out of someone means to make them lose it.
The school system is designed to knock passion out of people.
学校体制是设计来抹杀人的激情的。
If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them.
I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them.
我不是在说他们的坏话:如果他们打算做这件事,由他们决定。