knock-up

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short practice session before a tennis match.
    — In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.
  2. Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
    — One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.
  3. A pregnancy. slang
    — When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.

词形变化

knock-ups plural knockup alternative

词汇关系

相关词
knock up

词源

Etymology tree
English knock updeverb.
English knock-up
Deverbal from knock up.
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