Knock的發(fā)音好像敲門一樣，干脆，又引人注意。敲門的用意也正是如此。不知由knock組成的動(dòng)詞詞組是否也能引起大家的注意呢？一起進(jìn)入今天的“小詞大義”吧~~

1. To knock at/on 敲，擊

I knocked at the door three times but nobody answered.
我敲了三下門但沒人應(yīng)門。

Someone was knocking on the window.
有人在敲窗戶。

2. To knock around 漫游

He spent a few years knocking around Europe.
他花了幾年時(shí)間漫游歐洲。

The college student knocked around the United States during his summer vacation.
那位大學(xué)生在暑假期間漫游美國。

3. To knock sb. down 打倒（撞到）某人

She was knocked down by a bus.
她被一輛公共汽車撞倒在地。

The boxer knocked his opponent down twice in the first round.
拳擊手第一局就擊倒對(duì)手兩次。

4. To knock sth. down 推倒（拆掉、拆毀）建筑物

These old houses are going to be knocked down.
這些舊房子要拆了。

They knocked down the old factory to build a new one.
他們拆掉舊的工廠以興建新的廠房。

5. To knock off 停止某事，中斷某事，（尤指）下班，收工

Do you want to knock off early today?
你今天想早點(diǎn)下班嗎？

Let’s knock off for lunch.
咱們收工吃午飯吧~~

6. To knock out 使入睡，昏睡，不省人事

Sam was drunk and knocked out his friend who stopped him from drinking.
山姆喝醉了，他一拳打昏了阻止他喝酒的朋友。

使大吃一驚，給某人留下深刻印象

The girl in the bikini knocked out the guys on the beach.
那些穿著比基尼泳衣的女孩傾倒了沙灘上的男士們。

完成

Tiffany knocked out three columns overnight.
蒂芬妮一夜間完成了三個(gè)專欄。

7. To knock up 使懷孕

She got knocked up when she was on holiday.
她在放假的時(shí)候懷孕了。