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BNC: 1958 COCA: 2087

knock

Word family 
knock1 /nɒk $ nɑːk/ ●●● S1 W3 verb
1  door 門 [intransitiveI]HIT to hit a door or window with your closed hand to attract the attention of the people inside 敲門[窗]
I knocked and knocked but nobody answered.
我把門敲了又敲，但無人回應。
knock at/on
We knocked at the door but there was no one there.
我們敲了門，但裏面沒人。
Wilson went up and knocked on the door.
威爾遜走上前去敲門。
► see thesaurus at hit
2  hit and move STH 碰撞並移動某物 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HIT/BUMP INTO to hit something with a short quick action so that it moves or falls 碰撞；碰倒，撞倒
knock something out of/from something
As I got up, I knocked a pencil out of its holder.
我站起來時，碰掉了筆架上的一支鉛筆。
He knocked the knife from my hand.
他打落我手中的刀。
knock something over
At that moment, Sally knocked over her glass of wine.
就在那時，薩莉把她那杯酒碰翻了。
knock something aside
She tried to knock the gun aside but she was not fast enough.
她試圖把槍推開，但來不及了。
3  hit SB hard 猛擊某人 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to hit someone very hard 猛擊
He knocked her to the ground and kicked her.
他把她打倒在地，還踢她。
knock somebody unconscious/cold/senseless (=hit someone so hard that they fall unconscious) 擊昏某人
Simon could knock a man unconscious with one punch to the jaw.
西蒙往人下巴上打一拳就能把人擊昏。
Garry answered the door only to be knocked flying as two policemen came rushing in.
加裏去開門，結果被沖進來的兩名警察撞出老遠。
4  hit part of your body 撞擊身體的某一部位 [transitiveT] to hit something with part of your body 〔用身體的某部位〕撞，敲，擊
knock something against something
Morse knocked his shin against a suitcase that had been left just inside the door.
莫爾斯胫部撞到了橫在門内的手提箱上。
knock something on something
She knocked her head on a stone.
她的頭碰到了石頭上。
5  knock on doors to go to every house or apartment in an area asking the people who live there for information or support 〔爲獲取信息或尋求幫助〕挨家挨戶敲門
Gathering that information means knocking on doors and asking people questions.
收集那樣的信息就意味着要挨家挨戶敲門，向人們提問題。
Examples from the Corpus
knock on doors• All I've done since seems to be walk around and knock on doors.• And gathering that information means knocking on doors and asking people questions.• As a young girl I volunteered to knock on doors and enrol pets in the Tailwaggers Club.• I could go up to Albany and knock on doors, and I could almost always get in.• Landlords knocking on doors, demanding money.• She sent Talivaldis to the store for a large loaf of Wonder Bread and knocked on doors, issuing invitations.• Peter: Well, cause trouble, you know; play knocking on doors, throw stones at windows and that.
6  be knocking on the door to be wanting to join a group or team – used in news reports 要求加入某團體[小組]〔用於新聞報道中〕
Five countries have permanent seats on the UN Security Council, but Germany and Japan, among others, are knocking on the door.
有五個國家擁有聯合國安理會常任理事國席位，但包括德國、日本在内的其他國家也要求加入進來。
Examples from the Corpus
be knocking on the door• But a kiss denied, for Phillis was knocking on the door.• Soon Pugwash was knocking on the door.
7  remove wall 把牆拆毀 [transitiveT] to remove a wall or part of a building in order to make a bigger room or space 拆除…的牆，打通
knock something into something
We could make a bigger living space by knocking two rooms into one.
我們可以把兩個房間打通，增大客廳空間。
knock something through
The wall between the kitchen and the dining room has been partially knocked through.
廚房和飯廳之間的牆已被部分打通。
8  knock a hole in/through something to make a hole in something, especially a wall 在某物〔尤指牆〕上打洞
We could knock a hole through the wall into the cupboard.
我們可以在牆壁上打個洞通到壁櫥裏。
9  criticize 批評 [transitiveT]CRITICIZE to criticize someone or their work, especially in an unfair or annoying way 挑剔，非難，無端指責
The British press always knock British winners at any sport.
不管是何種體育項目，英國新聞界總是對獲勝的英國選手吹毛求疵。
‘Designer fashion is silly.’ ‘Don’t knock it; it’s an important industry.’
“名牌時裝傻得很。”“别挑刺了，那可是個重要的行業。
► see thesaurus at criticize
10  ball 球 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]KICKHIT to kick or hit a ball somewhere 踢〔球〕；擊〔球〕，打〔球〕
The aim is to knock the ball into the opposing goal.
目標是把球踢進對方的球門。
11  knock somebody for six British EnglishBrE informal to shock or upset someone very much or make them physically weak 使某人大爲震驚[擔心]；使某人渾身無力
This flu has really knocked me for six.
這場流感使我渾身乏力。
Examples from the Corpus
knock somebody for six• He'd done it again, she realised in amazement - with just a few choice words he'd knocked her for six.
12  knock the stuffing out of somebody informalCONFIDENT to make someone lose their confidence 使某人氣餒
Suzanne was very upset when her mother left home. It knocked the stuffing out of her.
母親離家出走使得蘇珊娜苦惱不已，整個人變得萎靡不振。
13  knock somebody sideways British EnglishBrE to upset someone so much that it is difficult for them to deal with something 使某人目瞪口呆，使某人不知所措
His daughter’s death knocked Tom sideways.
女兒的去世使湯姆大受打擊。
14  knock some sense into somebody/into somebody’s head informalSENSIBLE to make someone learn to behave in a more sensible way 讓某人汲取教訓/懂事一些
The struggle to build up her own business had knocked some sense into her.
創業的艱難經歷使她得到了一些教訓。
Examples from the Corpus
knock some sense into somebody/into somebody’s head• Maybe getting arrested will knock some sense into him.
15  knock (somebody’s) heads together informalANGRY to tell people who are arguing that they must stop and behave more sensibly 制止(某人)爭吵，使(某人)恢複理智
None of them can agree and it needs someone to knock heads together.
他們各持己見，需要有人出面讓他們别再吵了。
Examples from the Corpus
knock (somebody’s) heads together• If you two don't stop yelling at each other, I'll knock your heads together!• He caught hold of the two nearest him and knocked their heads together, kicked two more and grabbed the ringleaders.• She'd just box a few ears, knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries, and chase them off.
16  knock something on the head British EnglishBrE informalPREVENT to stop something happening 阻止某事發生
We wanted to go for a picnic, but the rain’s knocked that on the head.
我們原本打算去野餐，但是那場雨使計劃泡湯了。
Examples from the Corpus
knock something on the head• Fortunately they didn't knock me on the head or anything which they could have done, couldn't they?
17  knock somebody’s socks off  (also knock somebody dead) spokenSURPRISEDHAPPY to surprise and please someone by being very impressive 令某人又驚又喜
With that dress, you’ll knock him dead.
你穿上那件連衣裙，準會給他一個大大的驚喜。
Examples from the Corpus
knock somebody’s socks off• Cierra's performance knocked my socks off!• And yet the correlations just knock my socks off..• This in-your-face marketing could be forgiven if the food absolutely knocked your socks off.• The current crop of non-Windows databases can knock the socks off their predecessors.
18  knock somebody off their pedestal/perch to stop admiring someone that you previously thought was perfect 使某人不再受崇拜，使某人威信掃地
The press were determined to knock the princess off the pedestal that they had put her on.
新聞界決心把被他們捧上天去的王妃拉下來。
19  knock spots off somebody/something British EnglishBrE spokenBETTER to be much better than someone or something 比某人/某物強得多，遠遠勝過某人/某物
The new computer system knocks spots off the old one.
新的計算機系統比起舊的要好得多。
Examples from the Corpus
knock spots off somebody/something• It certainly knocks spots off anything attempted by the newly-Thatcherising Conservatives in the run-up to the 1979 election.
20. knock on wood American EnglishAmE used to say that you hope your good luck so far will not change 但願好運持續 SYN British English touch wood
Examples from the Corpus
knock on wood• I haven't had a cold all winter, knock on wood.• Hopefully, knock on wood, Lieby is going to be in there most of the time.• Always ready to knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder, bite my tongue, cross my fingers.• KineHUHre is used as a verbal device similar to knocking on wood to ward off evil forces.
21. knock it off spokenSTOP DOING something used to tell someone to stop doing something, because it is annoying you 〔因受幹擾而叫某人〕停下來
Examples from the Corpus
knock it off• And, how was it, no, if they knocked it off.• I knocked it off as I ran past.• The following day we could knock it off in few hours before returning to base.• You kids, knock it off in there!• No, you didn't have to knock it off you had to choose thingies on a card.
22. make a noise 發出噪聲 [intransitiveI]SOUND if an engine or pipes etc are knocking, they make a noise like something hard being hit, usually because something is wrong with them 〔發動機、管道等因故障而〕發出爆震[碰撞]聲
23. heart 心髒 [intransitiveI] if your heart is knocking, it is beating hard, especially because you are afraid 〔心〕怦怦跳〔尤因害怕〕 SYN pound
24  I’ll knock your head/block off spoken used when threatening to hit someone very hard 我要好好揍你一頓
If you say that again, I’ll knock your head off!
如果你再說那樣的話，我就把你打個半死！
25  knock the bottom out of something informalCHEAPREDUCE to make something such as a market or industry fail suddenly 使〔市場或行業等〕驟然疲軟[不景氣]
A sudden drop in supplies of certain chemicals could knock the bottom out of the engineering industry.
某些化學品供應的突然減少會造成工程行業一時間的不景氣。
Examples from the Corpus
knock the bottom out of something• A recession would knock the bottom out of corporate profits.
→ knock/beat somebody/something into a cocked hat at cocked hat(1), → knock somebody into shape at shape1(3), → knees knocking (together) at knee1(4) PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
knock• Cheap gasoline will make your engine knock.• I waited a moment, then knocked again.• The heavy video camera knocked against his hip as he walked.• Lula knocked at the back door and he appeared, dressed in pyjamas.• After I had rung several more times and knocked at the door, I heard hesitant footsteps.• Would you mind knocking before you come in?• You should knock before you come in.• Yet no one who knew the man disputes that Robey might well have knocked down the self-proclaimed king of rock & roll.• Some movie reviewers seem to knock every picture they see.• It's hard to knock Gordon because he always works so hard.• It was a pity perhaps that the car had not knocked her down.• I looked around and I hit her such a bloody fourpenny one that I knocked her flying.• Critics knocked his latest film for its portrayal of women.• She turned and ran, knocking into bystanders as she went.• Hey, don't knock it! It's the only suit I've got!• She knocked me with her elbow as she passed.• 'Mattie?' called Jerry, knocking on the door.• Even knock out a mouthful of teeth?• But former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan was knocked out of the event with a blown engine on his Vauxhall Nova.• And he pushed Philip, knocking the polythene bag of grain out of his hand.• One of the movers knocked the sofa against a doorway.
knock at/on• I knocked at Florence's door.• Suddenly I heard a violent and repeated knocking at my window.• While Greg waited on the landing she knocked on one of the bedroom doors.• I think somebody's knocking at the door.• I walked into the house, and just as I put down my bags, there was a knock at the door.• I knocked at the first house, wanting to ask if I could sleep in the courtyard.• I was waiting for him to knock on the front door, I guess, and just say, Here I am.• He went to her house and knocked on the green door.• A knock on the slightly open door woke him only minutes later.
knock something out of/from something• It was like a bolt of lightning knocked me out of bed and threw me to the floor.• It had knocked the breath out of him when it hit.• There were times he ran the ball, we should have knocked the hell out of him.• Then I came across a line in my property law textbook that nearly knocked me out of my seat.• The shooting has already knocked him out of the playoffs.
knocked flying• Six-year-old Garry answered it, only to be knocked flying as two policemen came crashing in.
knock2 ●●○ noun
1  [countableC]SOUND the sound of something hard hitting a hard surface 敲擊聲，碰撞聲
a loud knock at the door
很響的敲門聲
a knock in the engine
發動機的爆震聲
2  [countableC]HIT the action of something hard hitting your body 撞擊
He got a knock on the head when he fell.
他跌落時撞到了頭。
3  take a knock informalUNLUCKYPROBLEM to have some bad luck or trouble 倒黴，遇到麻煩
Clive’s taken quite a few hard knocks lately.
克萊夫近來碰到不少倒黴事。
Examples from the Corpus
take a knock• The 23-year-old was on as early as the eighth minute when Andy Myers hobbled off after taking a knock.• Your faith in yourself has taken a knock.• Micky Hazard took a knock at Newcastle and will have a late check.• Skipper, Andy Melville took a knock last Saturday, but should be fit.• Wallace took a knock and looked like he was ready to come off after about 75 mins.
Examples from the Corpus
knock• I had just turned out the lights when I heard a knock at the door.• And this man ensconced in his warm living room with a fireplace hears a knock at the door.• There's a knock on the door.• There was a knock at the door.• If that happened, however, confidence would take another knock.• We were woken by a frantic knocking at the door.• Tatica will have to pound hard with strength she does not have so her knock will be heard.• Within the legal container of marriage, the idealization and illusion so characteristic or the in-love state can take a nasty knock.• The only knock against Whitney is his defensive playing.
From Longman Business Dictionary
knockknock1 /nɒknɑːk/ verb [transitiveT]
1FINANCE if something knocks the price of shares, stocks etc, the price changes very quickly and unexpectedly
Talk of easing the US credit policy knocked prices higher in light trade.
Its shares were knocked by the Kuwait Investment’s Office’s decision to sell 10% of its stake.
2knock on/at the door to make it clear that you want to join something or want help from someone
A number of countries are knocking at the European Union’s door.
→ knock something → down
→ knock something off (something)
→ knock something → out
knockknock2 noun [countableC]
something which suddenly makes a product fail or makes prices fall
The US is likely totake a series of knocks from discounting in the car market.
a 612-point knock to the FTSE-index
Origin knock1
Old English cnocian
knock1 verb
→10-25
→20-25

→PHRASAL VERBS1knock2 noun
Corpus
BNC: 1958 COCA: 2087
knock

noun¹

 1firm sharp sound敲擊聲ADJECTIVE | VERB + KNOCK | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤loud, sharp響亮的／刺耳的敲擊聲➤gentle, light, quiet, soft輕柔的／輕微的／輕輕的／柔和的敲擊聲▸➤timid膽怯的敲擊聲➤sudden突然的敲擊聲VERB + KNOCK➤hear聽到敲擊聲▸➤answer回應敲擊聲◇She hurried to answer the knock at the door.她聽到敲門聲急忙去開門。PHRASES➤a knock at the door, a knock on the door敲門聲◇There was a loud knock at the door.有人大聲敲門。
knock

noun²

 2sharp blow from sth重擊ADJECTIVE | VERB + KNOCK | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤hard, nasty (especially BrE) 沉重的打擊◇the hard knocks of life (figurative) 生活的沉重打擊➤minor (especially BrE) 小打擊VERB + KNOCK➤get, have, take受到擊打；遭到碰撞；遭受打擊◇You've had a nasty knock on the head.你的頭部遭受過重擊。◇Their pride took quite a knock when they lost 5-0. (figurative) 他們以 0 比 5 落敗，自尊受到了沉重打擊。➤give sb/sth給⋯一擊PREPOSITION➤knock on在⋯上的一擊
knock

verb¹

 1hit/bump打；撞擊ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤accidentally意外碰撞◇I accidentally knocked the vase over.我不小心把花瓶碰倒了。PREPOSITION➤against撞擊⋯◇The stick knocked against the wall.棍子擊打到了牆上。➤off從⋯打落◇He had knocked one of the pictures off the wall.他打落了牆上的一幅畫。➤on撞在⋯上◇I knocked my head on one of the beams.我的頭撞在了其中一根橫梁上。PHRASES➤knock sb/sth flying撞飛⋯◇He was knocked flying as two policemen came crashing through the door.兩名警察破門而入時他被撞飛了。➤knock sb off balance, knock sb off their feet撞得某人失去平衡；撞倒某人◇The explosion knocked him off his feet.爆炸將他掀翻在地。➤knock sb senseless, knock sb unconscious把某人打昏◇The blow knocked him unconscious.這一擊將他打昏了。➤knock sb to the ground把某人打倒在地
knock

verb²

 2bang on a door敲門ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤loudly大聲敲門➤gently, lightly, quietly, softly輕輕敲門➤politely, timidly禮貌地／膽怯地敲門PREPOSITION➤at敲⋯◇Someone knocked loudly at the door.有人大聲敲門。➤on敲⋯◇She knocked timidly on the study door and entered.她怯怯地敲了敲書房門，然後進去了。PHRASES➤without knocking沒有敲門◇Dobson walked straight into her office without knocking.多布森沒敲門就徑直走進了她的辦公室。
BNC: 1958 COCA: 2087
knock noun
⇨ blowknock verb
⇨ knock (knock on the door) ⇨ bang 2 (knock your head on the ceiling) ⇨ hit 1 (knock sth over/down) knock

verb

knock ♦︎ tap ♦︎ drum ♦︎ rapThese words all mean to make a noise by hitting sth quite firmly. 這些詞均表示敲響、叩響。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to knock / tap / rap at sth◆to knock / tap / drum / rap on sth◆to knock / tap / drum / rap with sth◆to knock / rap loudly◆to knock / tap hard / gently■ knock [intransitive] to hit a door, etc. firmly in order to make a noise that will attract sb's attention 敲響，叩響（以引起注意）◆He knocked three times and waited.他敲了三下門，然後等着。◆Somebody was knocking on the window.有人在敲窗戶。   see also knock ⇨ hit 1 ■ tap (-pp-) [intransitive, transitive] to hit sth quickly and lightly with your fingers, feet, etc, making a noise 輕敲；輕拍；輕叩◆He was busy tapping away at his computer.他正埋頭不停地敲擊着計算機鍵盤。◆The music set everyone's feet tapping.那首樂曲讓每個人都不由自主地用腳踏起節拍來。◆He kept tapping his fingers on the table.他不停地用手指輕輕敲着桌子。  see also tap ⇨ pat ▸ tap

noun

 [countable] ◆a tap at / on the door輕輕的叩門■ drum (-mm-) [transitive, intransitive] to hit a surface again and again, making a continuous low noise 連續敲擊；咚咚地擊打◆Impatiently, he drummed his fingers on the table.他不耐煩地用手指嗒嗒地敲着桌子。◆His fingers drummed on the door frame.他用手指不停地敲着門框。■ rap (-pp-) [intransitive, transitive] to hit sth several times quickly, making a sudden noise （突然連續幾次）敲擊，擊打◆She rapped angrily on the door.她怒氣沖沖地敲着門。◆He rapped the table with his pen.他用鋼筆敲了好幾下桌子。
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