| 词组 | knock around/about |
| 释义 | knock around/about 1. knock sb around/about informal to hit or kick someone several times: ▪ Her husband was a big man with a bad temper. He used to knock her around. get knocked about ▪ There was one boy who was always covered in bruises - he got knocked about at home. 2. knock around/about sth • knock around/about informal to spend time somewhere, without doing anything very serious or important: ▪ I didn't want to leave the city now. I'd spent enough time knocking about in the country. ▪ After three years knocking around at university, Sammy still had no idea about a future career. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑kick around informal 3. be knocking around/about informal if something is knocking around, it is in a particular place, but it has been forgotten about, or not used for a long time: ▪ I used to play a little violin that I found knocking around in the attic. ▪ There seem to be a lot of BMWs knocking around these days. ▪ It's surprising how few good acting parts there are knocking around. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑kick around, be kicking around/about informal 4. knock sth around/about BrE to kick or hit a ball around, especially in a not very serious way: ▪ They didn't look like a team who wanted to win. They were just knocking the ball about. 5. knock around/about sth to spend time in a place or travelling around a place, doing whatever you want to do or doing very little: ▪ Like Jules, Sarah had knocked around the world a bit and seen a lot of places. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑kick around informal, ↑bum around informal |
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