knock down
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To hit or collide with; To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
— As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
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To hit or collide with; To demolish.
— We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.
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To hit or collide with; To reduce the price of.
— They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it.
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To hit or collide with; To disassemble for shipment.
— The furniture is shipped knocked down, so assembly is required.
- To acquire money, especially illicitly; To accumulate money, usually through crime.
- To acquire money, especially illicitly; To embezzle.
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To drink or party; To drink fast.
— I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.
- To drink or party; To spend extravagantly for a celebration.
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To choose, declare or approve.; To approve a drinking toast by banging glasses on the table.
— They click their glasses and knock down the toast.
- To choose, declare or approve.; To nominate (someone) to speak.
- To choose, declare or approve.; To introduce (someone) to another, especially to a woman.
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To choose, declare or approve.; To reject or override a decision.
— The judge knocked the award down to a half-million.
- To choose, declare or approve.; To sentence (someone) to prison or other sentence.
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To choose, declare or approve.; At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.
— The picture was knocked down for £50.
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To choose, declare or approve.; To sell.
— She had to wait for the end of the sale before these matters were put up, and as the auctioneer was in a hurry to get the sale over, and most of the bidders had left, she got a full set of servant's bedroom furniture knocked down to her for five pounds[.]
- To send a stop signal to ensure a train is signalled to stop at the correct point.
- To reduce the burning of (a fire), as by cooling it with water or dirt.
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