knock off

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nonstandard form of knockoff. alt-of,nonstandard
动词 v.
  1. To halt one's work or other activity. ambitransitive,slang
    — I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.
  2. To kill. slang,transitive
    — The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.
  3. To kill.; To defeat. broadly,slang,transitive
    — The Hammers knocked off Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.
  4. To remove, as a discount or estimate. transitive
    — They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.
  5. To rob. slang,transitive
    — They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown.
  6. To make a copy of, as of a design. transitive
    — They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell.
  7. To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter. transitive
  8. To have sex with (a woman). UK,slang,transitive,vulgar
    — I took her down to Basin Street and to a movie, then took her to my room and knocked her off.
  9. To accomplish hastily. informal,transitive
    — I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.
  10. To remove (something or someone) by hitting.
    — He was knocked off his bike.

词形变化

knocks off present,singular,third-person knocking off participle,present knocked off participle,past knocked off past knock offs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
knockoff knock off someone's socks knock someone off his perch knock someone's block off
相关词
knock down knock it off knock one's socks off knock over

词源

词源 1
In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
词源 2
In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
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