knocks

英 [nɒks] 美 [nɑːks]

v.  敲; 击; (常为无意地)碰，撞; 把…撞击成(某种状态)
n.  敲击声; 敲门(或窗等)声; 捶击; 敲击; 撞击
knock的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  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
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双语例句

  1. This design knocks everything else into a cocked hat.
    这一设计令其他作品相形见绌。
  2. Ignoring feelings of tiredness knocks our body clocks out of kilter
    忽视疲劳感会打乱我们的生物钟。
  3. 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。
  4. Opportunity knocks but once.
    良机难再。
  5. The portable device easily knocks down.
    这种便携装置容易拆卸。
  6. She gave three knocks on the window.
    她在窗子上敲了三下。
  7. My mother is such a good cook she knocks anyone else into a cocked hat.
    我母亲是一个高明的厨师，远远超过了其他任何人。
  8. That book really knocks me out.
    这本书确实引起了我的共鸣。
  9. Did you hear the knocks at the door?
    你听到敲门声了吗？
  10. Papa knocks over a chair.
    熊爸爸打翻了一把椅子。
  11. Maria: ( knocks on the room door) May I come in, madam?
    玛利亚：（敲房间门）女士，我可以进来吗？
  12. Who is it that comes slowly to my door and gently knocks?
    是谁慢慢地来到我的门前轻轻地敲叩？
  13. A friend knocks on my door.
    一个朋友敲响了我的房门。
  14. What knocks me is his impudence.
    使我惊讶的是他的厚颜无耻。
  15. But South Africa has weathered downturns and currency knocks before.
    但是南非以前经受住了经济衰退和货币贬值的打击。
  16. I'll have my shoes on when opportunity knocks.
    当机会来临时，我已做好了准备。
  17. Sometimes the engine knocks. I think I should have it adjusted.
    有时候引擎喀喀响。我想我应该请人调整一下。
  18. Because of hard knocks my vanity's been given.
    因为我的虚荣心已经被狠狠打击过好多次了。
  19. Mother was used to such knocks.
    母亲对这种敲窗声已经听惯了。
  20. He knocks at the door as if he were master here already!
    他敲门敲得好像他已经是这儿的主人了！
  21. She kicks me in the face, knocks me out cold.
    他朝我脸就是一脚，把我踢晕了。
  22. Man knocks over the water!
    他的人抢走了水！
  23. The Chief knocks at Ali Baba's door.
    头领敲响了阿里巴巴的房子的门。
  24. But the victory of Normandy is the death bell which knocks to ring Nazi Germany.
    而诺曼底的胜利，就是敲响了纳粹德国的丧钟。
  25. Jason knocks on his head.
    杰森敲了一下脑袋。
  26. He's taken quite a few knocks lately.
    他近来受到了不少挫折。
  27. I don't get too many knocks on my door nowadays.
    现在很少有人敲我家门了。
  28. Well, you might get the chance to find out one day when someone unexpectedly knocks on your door.
    当某天有人意外地敲叩你的门的时候，你可能会有得到答案的机会。
  29. I think she knocks about with that dark-haired chap from down the road.
    我想她和路那头的黑头发小伙子有联系。
  30. I never take a bath but the phone rings or someone knocks at the door.
    我每次洗澡时总会有电话或有人敲门。
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