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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Knock \Knock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. {Knack}.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against
another. --Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you. --Matt. vii.
7.
{To knock about}, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage;
to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about
town.'' --W. Irving.
{To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn
out, as with labor; to give out. ``The horses were
beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe
service.'' --De Quincey.
Knock \Knock\, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. `` A knock
at the door.'' --Longfellow.
A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland.
{Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops
from the needles.
Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. t.
1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by
striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to
knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post;
to knock a lamp off the table.
When heroes knock their knotty heads together.
--Rowe.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard. --Shak.
{To knock down}.
(a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by
blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or
knock; to knock off.
{To knock in the head}, or {on the head}, to stun or kill by
a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat,
as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.]
-- {To knock off}.
(a) To force off by a blow or by beating.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the
counter.
(c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- {To knock
out}, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out
the brains.
{To knock up}.
(a) To arouse by knocking.
(b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do
more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.]
``The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had
knocked up my followers.'' --Petherick.
(c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape
into book form, as printed sheets.
Knock \Knock\, v. i.
To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize
habitually or captiously. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]
Knock \Knock\, v. t.
To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to
admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
knock
n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: {knocking}]
2: negative criticism [syn: {roast}]
3: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
{bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
4: a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
5: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn: {belt}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}]
knock
v 1: deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear
across the room" [syn: {strike hard}]
2: rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door"
3: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into
the tree" [syn: {bump}]
4: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: {tap}, {rap}, {pink}]
5: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car
pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked
when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: {pink}, {ping}]
6: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or
perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie";
"Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: {criticize}, {criticise},
{pick apart}] [ant: {praise}]