knocking

1. VERB 敲；击
   If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention.
   1. She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door...
      她直奔西蒙的房间，敲了敲门。
   2. Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready...
      8点钟敲我的窗，我会准备好的。
   3. He knocked before going in.
      他进去前先敲了敲门。
   4. Knock is also a noun.
      
   5. They heard a knock at the front door.
      他们听到前门有人敲门。
2. VERB 碰，撞；（尤指）碰倒，撞倒，敲动
   If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves.
   1. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf...
      她不小心把架子上的茶叶罐碰了下来。
   2. The baby was knocked from his father's arms...
      婴儿被从他父亲的怀中撞落。
   3. Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair...
      伊莎贝尔起得太急了，以致碰倒了她坐的椅子。
   4. Buckets of roses had been knocked over.
      一桶桶的玫瑰被撞翻在地。
   5. Knock is also a noun.
      
   6. The bags have tough exterior materials to protect against knocks, rain and dust.
      这些包的面料非常结实耐用，可以防撞、防雨并防尘。
3. VERB 打通（房间或建筑）
   If someone knocks two rooms or buildings into one, or knocks them together, they make them form one room or building by removing a wall.
   1. They decided to knock the two rooms into one...
      他们决定把两间屋子打通连成一间。
   2. The spacious kitchen was achieved by knocking together three small rooms.
      这个宽敞的厨房是由3个小屋子打通连成的。
4. VERB 把…撞击到（某个位置）；把…打成（某种状态）
   To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious.
   1. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards...
      第3波浪太大了，把我打了回去。
   2. They were knocked to the ground and robbed of their wallets...
      他们被打倒在地并被抢走了钱包。
   3. Someone had knocked him unconscious.
      有人把他打昏了。
5. VERB 使失去（某种品质或特征）
   To knock a particular quality or characteristic out of someone means to make them lose it.
   1. The stories of his links with the actress had knocked the fun out of him...
      有关他与那位女演员有关系的传闻使他很不开心。
   2. When they first joined for training many were starry eyed about just sailing around the world. We soon knocked that out of them...
      在他们参加培训之初，很多人还只是对环球航行抱有天真的想法。我们很快便使他们消除了那种想法。
   3. Those people hurt me and knocked my confidence.
      那些人既伤害了我的身体又打击了我的自信心。
6. VERB 发碰撞声；砰砰作响
   If something knocks, it makes a repeated sharp banging noise.
   1. His old truck, knocking and smoking, pulled down the road and out of sight.
      他那辆旧卡车一边冒着烟一边哐里哐啷地沿路向前驶去，直到驶出了视线。
7. VERB 批评；贬责；挑剔；非难
   If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them.
   1. I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them...
      我不是批评他们：想不想做那件事取决于他们。
   2. Never knock charter flights; they are opening up the world for budget-conscious travellers.
      绝不要挑剔包机航班；他们使精打细算的乘客能够去往世界各地。
8. N-COUNT 打击
   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.
   1. What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence...
      他们的话是对我自信心的一次重大打击。
   2. The art market has suffered some severe knocks during the past two years.
      在过去的两年间，艺术品市场遭受了严重的打击。
9. PHRASE （尤指以相貌）给…留下深刻印象，使…倾倒
   To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance.
   1. Glamorous make-up is best reserved for days when you want to go all out to knock 'em dead.
      魅惑彩妆最好留到你竭力想把所有人都迷倒的时候。
10. PHRASE 停止干扰;打住
    If you tell someone to knock it off, you are telling them to stop doing something that is annoying you.
    1. Will you just knock it off!
       别闹了！
11. to knock peoples' heads together → see: head

1. About two o'clock, we were aroused from our sleep by a knocking at the door.
   大约两点时，我们被一通敲门声唤醒。
2. He barged past her and sprang at Gillian, knocking her to the floor.
   他从她身边冲过去扑向吉利恩时，将其撞倒在地。
3. The spacious kitchen was achieved by knocking together three small rooms.
   这个宽敞的厨房是由3个小屋子打通连成的。
4. His old truck, knocking and smoking, pulled down the road and out of sight.
   他那辆旧卡车一边冒着烟一边哐里哐啷地沿路向前驶去，直到驶出了视线。
5. I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them
   我不是批评他们：想不想做那件事取决于他们。
6. He lied to me constantly and started knocking me around.
   他经常对我撒谎而且开始打我。
7. There were a couple of decent kits knocking around, but this wasn't one of them!
   这里有几套像样的装备，但这套不是！
8. His paintings look as if they have been knocking around for centuries.
   他的画看上去就像是已经存在几百年了。
9. They were knocking around together for about a year.
   他们交往大概有一年了。
10. He was knocking back his 10th gin and tonic of the day
    他正在大口喝着今天的第10杯加奎宁水的杜松子酒。
11. Cars can be stolen almost as easily as knocking off a bike.
    偷汽车几乎能和偷自行车一样容易。
12. The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships.
    爱尔兰队险些将英格兰队从欧锦赛中淘汰出局。
13. He marched into the kitchen without knocking.
    他没敲门就闯进了厨房。
14. All at once there was someone knocking on the door.
    忽然有人敲门。
15. There is a trend for knocking public-school headmasters and headmistresses off their perches.
    现在有一种推翻公立学校校长权威性的趋势。
16. I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking.
    其他任何人来敲门，我都决意将其拒之门外。
17. Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.
    克拉克不断把价格向上抬，而威尔金森则不断往下压。
18. The horse reared, throwing its rider and knocking down a youth standing beside it.
    那匹马尥了个蹶子，把骑手掀下马，还撞倒了旁边站着的一个小伙子。
19. He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over
    他亲热地捶了一下我的肩膀，差点把我打倒。
20. It sounds like sb.'s knocking on the door.
    像是有人在敲门。
21. Somebody is knocking on the window.
    有人在敲窗子。
22. Is the same chairman still knocking about? I thought he had left years ago.
    这位主席还活着？我还以为他多年前就死了呢。
23. I found this book knocking about upstairs, is it yours?
    我发现这本书被丢在楼上，是你的吗？
24. Listen, it sounds like someone knocking at the door.
    听，好像有人敲门。
25. Somebody's knocking at the door. quick, go and open it.
    有人敲门，快开门去。
26. He is always knocking his country's foreign policy.
    他总是批评他们国家的外交政策。
27. Listen. there's someone knocking at the door.
    听！有人在敲门。
28. I've been knocking away for ages, but nobody has answered the door.
    我敲门敲了老半天，但无人答应。
29. I don't know why you are still knocking about with him who is good-for-nothing.
    我不知道你为什么还与他混在一起，他简直是个饭桶。
30. We'd better enlarge the reading room by knocking through between the two small rooms.
    我们最好打通两个房间中间的隔墙，来扩大阅览室的面积。

noun

1. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
   1. the knocking grew louder

   Synonym:    knock