| 词组 | kill a few hours |
| 释义 | (redirected from kill a few hours)kill (an amount of time)To engage in an activity, usually an aimless or idle one, to occupy oneself, especially with the goal of making the amount of time seem to pass more quickly or less slowly. I'm going to walk down to the bookstore to kill a couple hours before my flight. Do you want anything? The game is great if you want to kill a few minutes here and there, but it gets pretty tiresome playing it for long stretches. kill ˈtime, a couple of ˈhours, etc.,have ˈtime, a couple of ˈhours, etc. to killdo something to help pass the time while you are waiting for something: ‘What did you do at the airport when your plane was late?’ ‘We killed time by playing cards and doing crosswords.’I had two hours to kill before the train left, so I went to see a movie.kill1. tv. to be very successful with an audience; to perform very well for an audience. She really killed them with that last joke. 2. tv. to eat all of something; to drink all (of a bottle) of something. We finally killed the last of the turkey. 3. tv. to douse a light. Would you kill the light so they can’t see we’re home? 4. tv. to stop or terminate something; to quash a story; to stop a story from being printed in a newspaper. Kill that story. It’s got too many errors. kill/run down/run out the clock Sports To preserve a lead by maintaining possession of the ball or puck until playing time expires. |
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