| 词组 | knock off |
| 释义 | knock off 1. knock off sth • knock sth off informal to reduce a price by a particular amount: ▪ Discount travel agencies may be able to knock off a few hundred dollars from the price of international tickets. ▪ I'll knock $100 off your loan if you repay it by the end of the month. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑take off, deduct formal ■ OPPOSITE: add on 2. knock it off! spoken informal used to tell someone to stop doing something that is annoying you: ▪ Knock it off, Liz! There's no reason to drive like an idiot! ■ SIMILAR TO: stop it!, cut it out! 3. knock off sth • knock sth off informal to reduce a total by a particular amount: ▪ I'd like to knock a minute off my running time. ▪ I've been knocking off 200 extra calories a day but still not losing weight. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑take off 4. knock off sb/sth • knock sb/sth off AmE informal to defeat a person or team in a race, game etc: ▪ The Bulls had knocked off The Rockets in the first round, winning 109-34. ▪ The new Ohio Representative knocked off his opponent by only 1,000 votes in the last election. ■ SIMILAR TO: defeat 5. knock off informal to stop working because it is time to go home, have your midday meal etc: ▪ All the factory workers knock off at 3 p.m. on Fridays. ▪ I'm going to knock off early today. ■ SIMILAR TO: finish work 6. knock off sb • knock sb off informal to murder someone: ▪ He'll get knocked off for sure if the gang finds out where he's hiding. ▪ The gang knocked them off and quickly fled the scene. ■ SIMILAR TO: murder, ↑bump off informal 7. knock off sth informal to copy a product without permission, usually so you can sell it for less money than the real product: ▪ This store is known for knocking off young, designer styles and turning them into affordable clothing. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑copy knockoff adj informal cheaply made to look like something more expensive knockoff n C informal a cheap, low-quality product that is made to look like a similar product of higher quality: ▪ Channel 12's new game show is just a knock-off of "Hollywood Squares." 8. knock off sth • knock sth off informal to produce or finish something very easily and quickly: ▪ Although famous for his long novels, Ken Bradford also likes to knock off short stories from time to time. ▪ I had tons of work to do, but I knocked it off in no time and went our for a beer. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑churn out 9. knock sth off • knock off sth BrE informal to steal something: ▪ Who would want to knock off these old bicycles? ▪ knockoff goods ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑steal, nick BrE informal 10. knock off sb • knock sb off BrE informal to have sex with someone: ▪ Apparently he'd been knocking off one of his secretaries in the lunch hour. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑screw informal, have it off with sb BrE spoken informal |
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