knock /nɒk/ CET4 TEM4 ( knocking, knocked, knocks )

• 1. 

  V-I If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention. 敲

  例：

  She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door.

  她径直走到西蒙的住处，敲了敲门。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Knock is also a noun. 敲的声音

  例：

  They heard a knock at the front door.

  他们听到前门有一敲门声。

• 3. 

  knocking N-SING 敲的声音 [also no det]

  例：

  They were wakened by a loud knocking at the door.

  他们被一阵很响的敲门声吵醒。

• 4. 

  V-T If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves. 碰撞

  例：

  She accidentally knocked the glass off the shelf.

  她无意中把架子上的玻璃杯碰了下来。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Knock is also a noun. 碰撞

  例：

  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、防尘的作用。

• 6. 

  V-T To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious. 重击

  例：

  The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards.

  第3个浪头如此猛烈，把我击得往后退。

• 7. 

  V-T To knock a particular quality or characteristic out of someone means to make them lose it. 使失去 [no cont]

  例：

  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。

• 8. 

  V-T If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them. 批评; 指责 [非正式]

  例：

  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。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT 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. 打击

• 10. 

  to knock someone or something into shape →see shape