他年輕時足跡踏遍歐洲。
Someone who's knocked around a lot is more interesting to listen to than someone who has never travelled.

聽那些走南闖北的人講話比聽那些沒出過遠門的人講話更有趣。
He has knocked about quite a bit.

他經歷過很多漂泊不定的日子。 knock sb/sth ? about〔around〕
They said that her husband used to knock her about but they had never heard her complain.

他們說她丈夫曾對她拳打腳踢,但從沒聽她訴過苦。
He knocked the tiger about fiercely until it lay dead.

他揮拳痛擊老虎,直到把它打死在地。
She alleged that she had been knocked about by her husband.

她宣稱她被丈夫用拳頭打了。
He was knocked about by the gangsters for preventing them from robbing an old lady.

因為阻止流氓搶劫老太太的東西,他被流氓拳打腳踢。
He was often knocked about by the shop owner during his apprenticeship.

他在學徒期間,常常遭到店老板的拳打腳踢。 knock sth ? about〔around〕
I don't like the children playing in this room, for fear they knock the furniture about .

我不喜歡孩子們在這間房子里玩,唯恐他們把家具打壞了。
There's nothing to do here; let's go into that field and knock a ball about for an hour or so.

這里無事可做,咱們去那個場子打一個來鐘頭的球吧。
That poor old piano has been considerably knocked about in its travels.

在搬運途中,那架舊鋼琴被損壞得很厲害。
The bike could have lasted longer if it had not been knocked about so much.

要不是那樣亂丟亂摔,這輛自行車還可以多用些時候。
The crops were badly knocked about by that freak storm.

莊稼受到那次反常風暴的嚴重摧毀。
The ship was badly knocked about by a rough sea.

船被巨浪顛簸得很厲害。 knock about
Is the same chairman still knocking about?I thought he had left years ago.

這位主席還活著?我還以為他多年前就死了呢。
The idea of world government has been knocking about for some time, but no one seems to take it seriously.

建立世界政府的想法已存在很長一段時間了,可現在似乎沒有人拿它當回事兒。
There's plenty of money knocking about if you know where to look.

金錢有的是——如果你知道上哪兒去找的話。 knock about
I found this book knocking about upstairs, is it yours?

我發現這本書被丟在樓上,是你的嗎?
That book has been out of print for some years now, but there are probably a few copies knocking about in secondhand bookshops.

那部書已經絕版幾年了,不過舊書店里可能還會有幾本。 knock about
Jim bought Mary an old car, just for knocking about.

吉姆給瑪麗買了一輛舊車,就是為了開著玩兒。

畢業后,那個年輕人沒找工作,先去周游世界了。
He knocked around India when he was young.

他年輕時曾去過印度。
They have been knocking about Europe all summer.

他們整個夏天在歐洲旅行。
My uncle has been knocking about Africa most of his life.

我叔叔大半生都是在游歷非洲中度過的。
The old carpenter was knocking about the street, hoping to get enough work to earn a few coppers.

老木匠在街頭徘徊,希望能找些零星活兒干干,掙幾個錢。
He has knocked about the whole country to sell his products.

他跑遍整個國家來推銷自己的產品。
Those tramp steamers knock about Southeast Asia.

那些不定期貨船在東南亞一帶往來行駛。
We need to knock around the district to find a proper man for the transplantation.

我們需要跑遍這個地區找一個合適的人來做器官移植。 knock sth about〔around〕 sth
You can get some exercise by knocking a ball about a field with a friend.

和一個朋友在場上打打球會使你得到鍛煉的。 knock about sth
No, it's not mine, it's been knocking about the house for years.

不,那不是我的,好幾年了這本書就扔在屋里沒人管。 knock about sth
I wear these old trousers for knocking about the garden.

我穿這條舊褲子是為了在園子里大干一番。

我不知道你為什么還與他混在一起,他簡直是個飯桶。
I think she knocks about with that dark-haired chap from down road.

我想她和路那頭的黑頭發小伙子有聯系。
They have knocked around with each other for ten years but are still not married.

他們在一起有十年了,可還是沒結婚。

汽車撞在車庫門上,把門撞壞了。 knock sth against sth
I knocked my head against the doorpost and hurt it.

我的頭撞在門柱上,碰破了。 knock against sb
I knocked against Jim yesterday in the street.

昨天我在街上碰到吉姆。
I knocked against some Japanese sailors on the docks this morning.

今天早晨,我在碼頭碰到了幾位日本水手。

聽!有人在敲門。
Opportunity knocks at the door only once.

機不可失,時不再來。

我敲門敲了老半天,但無人答應。 knock sth ? away
Moving quickly from behind the criminal, the policeman was able to knock his gun away .

警察從罪犯身后撲上去,打掉了他手中的槍。

他敲了敲墻壁,她在隔壁應聲回敲。 knock sth ? back
It was hard liquor, but he knocked it back in a few seconds.

那是烈酒,可他幾秒鐘就喝光了。
He certainly knows how to knock back the whisky!

他肯定知道怎樣把這些威士忌酒一口喝下去!
She knocked back ten cups of coffee to keep herself from falling asleep.

她一下喝了十杯咖啡,使自己不睡著。 knock sb ? back
How much did that new watch knock you back?

那只新表花費了你多少錢? knock sb ? back
This kind of news knocks you back a bit, doesn't it?

這種消息使你有點兒吃驚,是嗎?
The news fairly knocked me back!

這消息著實使我吃了一驚。

那位拳擊運動員把對手擊倒了。
The soldier knocked down the spy with the buttock of his rifle.

那戰士用槍托打倒間諜。
He almost knocked me down before he saw me.

他幾乎把我撞倒才看見我。
The anti-aircraft battery knocked down eleven enemy planes in a single day.

高炮連在一天中擊落了11架敵機。
He was nearly knocked down by a taxi when he was crossing the street the other day.

幾天前過馬路時,他差點被一輛出租車撞倒。
He was knocked down by a car and was rushed to the hospital.

他被汽車撞倒,隨即被送進醫院。
His wife is in hospital after being knocked down by a taxi.

他妻子被一輛出租車撞倒后,現已住院。
The child was knocked down by a lorry and the driver ran away.

小孩被大卡車撞倒,司機逃跑了。
Some of the telephone poles were knocked down by the surging water.

一些電話線桿被洶涌的洪水沖倒。 knock down
The portable device easily knocks down.

這種便攜裝置容易拆卸。 knock sth ? down
Let's knock down the machine first. It'll save shipping costs.

我們先把機器拆開,這樣可以節省運輸費用。
Why are they knocking down the wall?

他們為什么在拆墻?
Many old houses in Beijing are knocked down and tall buildings are being built.

北京許多老房子被拆除了,高大的樓房拔地而起。
The whole block will be knocked down to make room for new buildings.

整個街區將被拆除,以便空出地方建造新房。
It was a pity that the old theatre had to be knocked down to make way for the widening of the road.

真遺憾,為了加寬馬路那座老劇院得拆掉。
The machine has to be knocked down first before you move it into the house.

搬進屋之前,得先把機器拆下來。
The furniture has been knocked down ready for the buyer to put it together himself.

家具已拆卸開,買主自己隨時可以重新進行組裝。 knock sb/sth ? down
The man was asking ￡5 for the dress, but I knocked it down to ￡4.50.

那件衣服賣主索價五鎊,但我砍價后以四點五鎊買下了。
The man wanted 120 yuan for his bike, but I managed to knock the price down to 100.

那個人的自行車出價要120元,可是我設法把它砍到100元。
The storekeeper decided to knock down his remaining winter stock.

店主決定減少剩下的冬令存貨。
The price was knocked down to ￡3. Perhaps he'll knock the price down a little if the glass is broken.

價格降到了三英鎊。如果玻璃有破損,那他還要再降點兒。 knock sth ? down
The auctioneer knocked the bureau down to a furniture dealer from York.

拍賣者將寫字臺賣給從約克來的家具商。
The best furniture was knocked down for a low price to the dealer in the second line of seats.

最好的家具以低價賣給了坐在第二排的一個商人。
The vase was knocked down to Smith for $25.

這只花瓶以25美元拍賣給了史密斯。
The books were knocked down to me for two pounds.

我以兩英鎊的拍賣價將書買走。 knock sth ? down
How much does he knock down a week?

他一星期掙多少錢? knock sth ? down
He wanted to knock down a bank.

他想搶劫銀行。 knock sth ? down
She does not want to knock down his self-esteem.

她不想壓他的傲氣。 knock sth ? down
They knocked down the suggestion.

他們把這條建議否決了。
The suggestion was knocked down.

這條建議被否定了。 knock sth ? down
She knocked down forty dollars at a restaurant.

她在一家飯館花掉四十美元。 knock sth ? down
They cut down some trees to knock down the fire and prevent it from spreading further.

他們砍倒了一些樹以控制火勢,使火不再蔓延開去。

“那么這個新來的人滑稽嗎?”“太滑稽了。他要講起這些笑話來準能逗得觀眾捧腹大笑!”

你能把這釘子釘進木頭里嗎?
It takes more skill than it looks to knock the ball into the hole.

要把球打進洞里看起來算不了什么,其實很需要技術。 knock into sb
I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

今天上午在鎮上,我碰到了那位老教師。 knock sth into sth
Can't you knock some sense into that stupid boy's head?

難道你不能下下工夫讓那個笨孩子開竅? knock sth into a cocked hat
You may be only an amateur painter, but your pictures can knock mine into a cocked hat.

雖然你只是個業余畫家,可你的畫卻遠勝于我的。

你站在那個梯子上不安全,樹枝會把你碰下來的。
A snowball knocked his hat off.

一個雪球飛來把他的帽子打落在地。
Just when I put the glass safely down on the table, the cat jumped up and knocked it off.

我剛把杯子穩穩當當地放在桌子上,貓就跳上去給弄倒了。
Your cigarette ash is very long; please knock it off before it falls on the carpet.

你的煙灰太長了,請彈掉,以免落在地毯上。 knock off
When the whistle goes, all the workers knock off for a cup of tea.

哨子一響所有工人都停下手里的活兒去喝茶。
Let's knock off now.

現在讓我們歇一下吧。
We've done enough for today,I think we'll knock off.

我們今天做得夠多的了,我想我們該停工了。
We go to work at seven thirty in the morning and knock off at five thirty in the afternoon.

我們每天早晨七點半上班,下午五點半下班。 knock it ? off

〔說明〕 knock off作此解時常不(bu)用于(yu)(yu)進行(xing)體,也常不(bu)用于(yu)(yu)被動(dong)結構。

They were making so much noise that I couldn't sleep, so I told them to knock it off!
他(ta)(ta)們吵吵嚷(rang)嚷(rang)我睡不著(zhu),因此(ci)我叫他(ta)(ta)們都住(zhu)嘴(zui)!

〔說明〕 knock off作此解時通常不用于進行體。

If you take both dresses,I'll knock ￡2 off.
你(ni)要是兩(liang)套衣(yi)服(fu)都買,我(wo)就減(jian)價兩(liang)英(ying)鎊。

The coat is a little dirty. Can you knock 50 yuan off for me?
衣服有(you)點臟,你能減價50元錢嗎?

The advertised price was ￡2.05, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd pence.
標價是￡2.05,但(dan)店主(zhu)把后面的零頭去掉了。

When he received his money he found that five shillings had been knocked off for expenses incurred.
當他收(shou)到錢時,他發現已扣(kou)去了五先(xian)令的費用(yong)。

一吃過晚飯,他便坐下來,不到半個小時就把作文寫好了。
He sat down and knocked off an article for the local paper in about two hours.

他坐下來用兩小時左右時間就為當地報紙寫出了一篇文章。
That composition was knocked off in about two hours after dinner one evening.

那個樂曲是一天晚飯后用兩小時左右譜寫出來的。 knock sb ? off
One night the guerrillas stole into the city and knocked off the traitor.

一天夜里,游擊隊員們悄悄摸進城里,干掉了那個叛徒。
The old man who owned the jewels was knocked off by the thieves.

擁有這些珠寶的老頭被盜竊犯殺死了。 knock sb/sth ? off
Where did you get all those watches?Did you knock them off?

這些手表是從哪兒來的? 搶的嗎?
I heard that they knocked off Smith's shop last night.

我聽說他們昨晚搶劫了史密斯的商店。
People are saying that he knocked her off for her diamonds.

人們紛紛傳說他為了搶她的鉆石而殺死了她。 knock sb ? off
You can't knock me off,I've done nothing!

你們不能抓我,我什么也沒干!
The criminal was tracked down and knocked off by the police.

那個罪犯被警察追到后逮捕了。 knock sth ? off
I've a pile of work to knock off before I can take my holiday.

在我去度假之前,還有一大堆事情得干完。 knock sth ? off
His wife served him a big helping, but he knocked it off in next to no time.

他妻子給他盛了滿滿一碗,可是沒多會兒他全吃下肚了。
He knocked off two chops and a plateful of vegetables in about ten minutes, and then asked for more.

他在大約十分鐘內吃完兩份排骨和一盤蔬菜,接著還要。
It looked a big dish, but it was almost knocked off in no time.

看起來是一大盤菜,但幾乎一下子就被掃光了。 knock sth ? off
If you don't take back what you said about me,I'm going to knock your head off.

要是不把說你的話收回,我就要狠狠揍你。

對不起,我把桌子上的杯子碰倒打碎了。 knock off sth
Let's knock off work early and go to the football game.

咱們早點收工去看球賽吧。
My health compels me to knock off work.

我的健康問題使我不得不停止工作。 knock sth off sth
I'll knock ￡2 off the price of the dress if you'll take both dresses.

兩套衣服都要的話那我就把價錢減少兩鎊。 knock spots off sb/sth
Tom's books knock spots off most writers of crime stories.

湯姆寫的書比大多數犯罪小說作家的作品好得多。
My new washing machine knocks spots off the old one.

我的新洗衣機要比那臺舊的好得多。

快點,已經通知你出場了! knock on
Let's knock on for another half an hour.

我們再干半小時吧。 knock sth ? on
It's the interest payments that knock on the price of a house over the years.

正是這幾年支付的分期付款利息,才使房子的價格上漲了。

月光照在門上,過路人走上去敲門問道:“屋里有人嗎?”
My dog just lies around all day and doesn't even bark when strangers knock on the door—he's not even worth his keep.

我的狗整天睡覺,甚至在陌生人敲門時也不叫——不值得養它了。 knock sth on sth
I knocked my head on the doorpost and hurt it.

我的頭撞在門柱上,碰破了。 knock sth on the head
I used to go out nearly every night but I decided to knock it on the head because I couldn't really afford it.

我以前幾乎每晚外出,但現在已不是這樣,因為我實在抽不出時間。

要是我發現他再欺侮小孩,而且我能把他抓住的話,我要狠狠揍他一頓。
The unseeded player has no chance; the champion will knock the living daylights out of her.

這個非種子選手沒有獲勝的機會,在比賽中冠軍會把她徹底打敗的。 knock sb out of sb
Our team was knocked out of the competition in the second game.

在第二輪比賽中我們隊被淘汰了。 knock sth out of sb
The way to deal with a young fighter is to hit him hard in the first few minutes, so as to knock the stuffing out of him.

對付一個年輕拳擊手的辦法是在頭幾分鐘里猛打他幾拳,先殺殺他的銳氣。 knock the bottom out of sth
When the next speaker produced all those facts, he knocked the bottom out of my arguments.

當下一位發言人提出所有論據時,他把我的論點徹底駁倒了。 knock sth out of sth
The sudden blow knocked two teeth out of his mouth.

這突然的一擊打掉了他兩顆牙。
The policeman knocked the gun out of the criminal's hand.

警察把罪犯手中的槍擊落。
Knock the ash out of your pipe before you refill it.

把煙灰磕出來再裝煙絲。
The diamond must have got knocked out of my ring when I dropped it.

我把戒指掉在地上時,鉆石一定是被摔掉了。

我們最好打通兩個房間中間的隔墻,來擴大閱覽室的面積。 knock sth ? through
We can knock the wall through to make a new entrance.

我們可以把墻打通修個新入口。

看看你是否能快速做一個盒子把它放進去。
The mobile medical team knocked together an operating table.

流動醫療隊匆匆搭起了一張手術臺。
I'm no woodworker, but I can knock a bookshelf together when necessary.

我并非木工,但必要時,我也可以湊合著做個書架。
They knocked together a rough box with wooden boards.

他們用木板草草地做成了一個粗糙的箱子。 knock together
The two pieces of wood knocked together.

兩塊木頭互相碰撞。
His knees were knocking together.

他害怕得腿肚子打戰。 knock sth ? together
You should knock their silly heads together.

設法使他們明白事理。
The logs were knocked together as they floated down the stream.

圓木順流而下時互相碰撞著。 knock sth ? together
Hey,Mom, knock something together for us to eat.

嗨,媽,搞點東西給我們吃吧。

在巨大的艱難困苦面前,那些勘探人員從未屈服過。 knock under to sb/sth
We refuse to knock under to any difficulties.

我們不向任何困難屈服。

請你明天早晨六點鐘左右敲門叫醒我好嗎? 因為我必須趕上去北京的早班車。
Run for the doctor and knock him up.

快去請醫生,把他叫起來。
We were knocked up by the police in the middle of the night.

我們在半夜被警察敲門叫醒了。 knock sth ? up
Even though they weren't expecting us, they managed to knock up a marvellous meal.

他們雖然沒想到我們要來,但還是設法匆匆做了一頓豐盛的飯。
This house was just knocked up.

這房子是匆匆建造的。