- 杀死,弄死:
She hysterically screamed, “I'll kill you!
”她歇斯底里地叫着:“我要杀了你!”
- 使死亡,使丧生;是…死亡的原因:
The frost killed those flowers.
严霜冻死了那些花。
Lung cancer killed his father.
他的父亲死于肺癌。
He was killed in action.
他在作战中阵亡。
- 屠宰(牲畜等),屠杀:
to kill the animal for food
宰杀动物为食
- 宰得(动物的肉):
to kill beef
宰得牛肉
- 毁掉,消灭;使破灭;扼杀:
to kill one's appetite
倒胃口
What he said killed all my hopes.
他的讲话使我的一切希望都破灭了。
The failure did not kill their faith.
这次失败没有摧毁他们的信念。
- 使终止;使消失:
to kill the pain
止痛
A piece of bread is not enough to kill my hunger.
仅仅一块面包不足以让我充饥。
to kill the noise
消除噪声
- 消磨(时光):
I often read some novel to kill time when I am alone at home.
当我一个在家时,我常通过读小说来消磨时光。
- 中和;抵消(效果等):
The curtains kills the furniture.
窗帘使家具大为失色。
A carpet may kill the sound of the footsteps.
地毯可以降低脚步声。
- 破坏(效果等);弄糟:
The blue colour totally killed the painting.
那种蓝颜色完全破坏了这幅画的效果。
- 浪费(时间):
He killed ten good years on that job.
他在那件工作上浪费了整整10年时间。
- [口语]删除,涂掉(章节等):
The editor killed a few useless lines.
编辑删掉了几行无用的文字。
- [美国口语]不刊登,不采用:
The chief editor decided to kill the advertising pages.
主编决定取消广告版。
- 【印刷】拆(版)
- [口语]使(议案等)不能通过,否决;拒绝(申请等):
to kill a bill
否决议案
to kill a petition
断然拒绝申请
- [口语]使精疲力竭:
The long walk killed us.
长时间的行走使我们精疲力竭。
- [口语]使极不舒服;使疼痛难忍:
I can't run any longer, my feet are killing me!
我不能再跑了,我的脚疼死了!
- [口语]征服;折服;使倾倒;使着迷:
His perfect performance killed the audience.
他完美的表演征服了所有的观众。
She kills everyone with her beauty.
她的美貌令所有的人都为之倾倒。
- 煞住,使停住,使(引擎等)停止运转:
The driver killed the engine before he left the car.
司机在离开车子前将发动机关掉了。
- 关闭(电灯、聚光灯等),切断(电流);熄灭(烟头):
to kill the light
关闭电灯
The electrician killed the live circuit.
那位电工切断了通电电路。
Be sure to kill your cigarette butt before throwing it away.
将烟蒂扔掉前一定要把它熄灭。
- 中止,使无法继续下去:
He killed further discussion with his absence.
他的缺席使讨论无法再继续下去。
- 【网球】扣杀;【足球】停(球)
- 宠坏,(因溺爱等)害(某人)(常与with连用):
to kill somebody with kindness
因溺爱而害了某人
You will kill the child with indulgence.
你过分放任这个孩子会害了他的。
- [俚语]喝光(酒);吃完;完全消耗:
They killed a bottle of wine between them.
他们两人喝光了一瓶酒。
- (赛跑中)突然加速甩开(对手)
- 【冶金学】使脱氧