| 词汇 | kill |
| 释义 | kill verb uk/kɪl/ us/kɪl/ (DEATH) A2 [ I or T ]杀死;弄死;使致死 to cause someone or something to die Her parents were killed in a plane crash. 她的父母死于一次空难。 Smoking can kill. 吸烟会危及生命。 Food must be heated to a high temperature to kill harmful bacteria. 食物必须经高温加热以杀灭有害细菌。
(FINISH) C2 [ T ]终止；使停止；扼杀；破坏 to stop or destroy a relationship, activity, or experience Lack of romance can kill a marriage. 缺少浪漫会毁掉婚姻。 They gave her some tablets to kill the pain. 他们给她一些药片来止痛。 Kill your speed. 停下来。 [ T ] mainly US informal (also kill off)喝光 to drink all of something We killed off two six-packs watching the game. 看比赛时，我们喝掉了两盒6瓶装啤酒。 (EFFORT) C1 [ T ] informal使付出很多努力;给（某人）招来很多困难 to cause someone a lot of effort or difficulty It wouldn't kill you to apologize. 道个歉不会要你命的。 He didn't exactly kill himself trying to get the work finished. 他并没有竭尽全力去完成工作。 (HURT) [ T ] informal使非常痛苦 to cause someone a lot of pain I must sit down, my feet are killing me! 我得坐下来，我的脚痛极了！ (ANGER) A2 [ T ] informal（意指极为愤怒）非杀了（某人）不可 If you say that someone will kill you, you mean that they will be very angry with you. My sister would kill me if she heard me say that. 要是我姐姐听见我那么说，非杀了我不可。 (ENTERTAIN) [ T ] mainly US informal让某人捧腹大笑 to make someone laugh a lot That comedian kills me. 那个喜剧演员真是把我笑翻了。 kill yourselfinformal 笑得前仰后合 to laugh very much We were killing ourselves laughing. 我们快笑死了。 Idioms kill someone with kindnessidiom 宠坏（某人） to be too kind to someone, harming that person because you are helping or giving them too much kill the fatted calfidiom 设宴欢迎（出行很久后返回的人）;接风洗尘 to have a special celebration for someone who has been away for a long time kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom 杀鸡取卵；竭泽而渔 to destroy something that makes a lot of money for you kill itidiom informal做得极其好 to do something extremely well Chris kills it on drums. 克里斯的鼓敲得好极了。 kill time, an hour, etc.idiom B2 打发时间／消磨一个钟头（等等） to do something that keeps you busy while you are waiting for something else to happen My friend was late, so I killed an hour window-shopping. 我朋友晚了，我在商店里闲逛了大约一个小时来打发时间。 kill two birds with one stoneidiom 一石二鸟，一举两得 to succeed in achieving two things in a single action I killed two birds with one stone and picked the kids up on the way to the supermarket. 我在去超市的路上顺便接了孩子，一举两得。 Phrasal verb kill something off 灭绝；杀光 to destroy something completely, usually over a period of time The use of pesticides is killing off birds and fish. 杀虫剂的使用将使鸟类和鱼类灭绝。 figurative Lack of funding is killing off small theatres. 缺乏资金使小剧院纷纷倒闭。 kill noun [ C usually singular ] uk/kɪl/ us/kɪl/ 被捕杀的动物，猎物;杀死，捕杀 an animal or bird that has been hunted and killed, or the action of killing The leopard seizes its kill and begins to eat. 豹子抓住猎物，便吃了起来。 Like other birds of prey, it quickly moves in for the kill. 如同其他猛禽一样，它飞行迅速以捕食猎物。 Idioms be in at the killidiom 目睹事情失败 to be present at the end of an unpleasant process kill or cureidiom mainly UK 不成功便是失败;成败在此一举;孤注一掷 a way of solving a problem that will either fail completely or be very successful Having a baby can be kill or cure for a troubled marriage. 对陷入感情困境的婚姻来说，要小孩可谓是孤注一掷。 move/go in for the killidiom （在争论或比赛中）准备彻底击败（处于弱势的）对方 to prepare to defeat someone in an argument or competition when that person is already in a weak position He asked her a couple of difficult questions and then went in for the kill. 他问了她几个很难回答的问题，然后准备彻底把她驳倒。 |
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