| 释义 |
knock the bottom out of sth informalto make something such as a market or industry fail suddenly使〔市场、工业等〕疲软（不景气）:•A sudden drop in supplies of certain chemicals could knock the bottom out of the engineering industry.某些化学品供应的突然减少会造成工程行业的不景气。⇒knock / beat sb / sth into a cocked hat at COCKED HAT(1)⇒knock sb into shape at SHAPE¹ (3)⇒knees knocking (together) at KNEE¹ (4) |