●ˌknock sb/sth ˈout🔑●ˌknock sb/sth ˈout of sth🔑 (sport体育) to defeat a person or a team so that they cannot continue in the competition把…淘汰（出比赛）◆France knocked Belgium out of the European Cup. 法国队将比利时队淘汰出了欧洲杯赛。[v + n/pron + adv][v + adv + n][v + n/pron + adv + prep]▸ˈknockout ( ˈknock-out)
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(especially BrE, sport体育) a competition in which the winning player or team at each stage goes on to the next stage, but the losing one no longer takes part in the competition淘汰赛◆the European cup knockout 欧洲杯淘汰赛◆a knockout competition 淘汰赛