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kill
- IPA[kil]
美式
- cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing);get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers
- an act of killing, especially of one animal by another;an animal or animals killed, either by a hunter or by another animal
verb: kill, 3rd person present: kills, gerund or present participle: killing, past tense: killed, past participle: killed
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing) her father was killed in a car crash a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood 同義詞
- ▪ get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations
- ▪ (of a writer) bring about the “death” of a fictional character.
- 2. put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something) the committee voted to kill the project 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ stop (a computer program or process).
- ▪ informal switch off (a light or engine). 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ informal delete (a line, paragraph, or file) from a document or computer. 同義詞
- ▪ (in soccer or other ball games) make (the ball) stop after killing the ball with his chest, he brushed past Reeves
- ▪ (in tennis and similar games) hit (the ball) so forcefully that it cannot be returned.
- ▪ neutralize or subdue (an effect or quality) the sauce would kill the taste of the herbs 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ informal consume the entire contents of (a bottle containing an alcoholic drink) I killed a rather good bottle of Fleurie
- 3. informal overwhelm (someone) with an emotion the suspense is killing me 同義詞
- ▪ overexert oneself I killed myself carrying those things home 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ used hyperbolically to indicate that someone will be extremely angry with (another person) my parents will kill me if they catch me out here
- ▪ cause pain or anguish to my feet are killing me 同義詞
- 4. pass (time, or a specified amount of it), typically while waiting for a particular event when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of killing, especially of one animal by another a lion has made a kill 同義詞
- ▪ an animal or animals killed, either by a hunter or by another animal the vulture is able to survey the land and locate a fresh kill 同義詞
- ▪ an act of destroying or disabling an enemy aircraft, submarine, tank, etc. the engagement resulted in fifty-one tank kills 同義詞
- ▪ (in tennis and similar games) a very forceful shot that cannot be returned.