knock-knock

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Such a sound. colloquial
    — For the Philharmonic and its subscribers, the essential thing was to get the acoustics right, which is a task of near impossible complexity. What kind of space can do justice, say, to the plunks and skittering knock-knocks in Lou Harrison’s Concerto in Slendro and also to the sustained, exalted moan of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony?
  2. Synonym of knock-knock joke. colloquial
    — In the spirit of Tom Swifties and knock-knocks, John W. Little 2d has invented a word game called the Bridge of Sys.
动词 v.
  1. To make such a sound, as by knocking on (something). ambitransitive,colloquial
    — Formally, the poll tax will die today, but it will carry on knock-knocking from the grave.
感叹词 intj.
  1. A verbal emulation of a knocking sound. colloquial
  2. A phrase used in lieu of knocking on a door. colloquial
  3. Used to introduce a knock-knock joke. colloquial
    — Knock-knock. / Who's there? / Wendy. / Wendy who? / Wendy you want to open the door?

词形变化

knock knock alternative knock-knocks present,singular,third-person knock-knocking participle,present knock-knocked participle,past knock-knocked past knock knock alternative knock-knocks plural knock knock alternative

词源

词源 1
Onomatopoeic.
词源 2
Onomatopoeic.
词源 3
Onomatopoeic.
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