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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

kill [kɪl]
  1. 1. vt. [+person] [ animal] [ plant] 致死
    Her mother was killed in a car crash.
    母亲死于车祸
  2. 2. vt. (murder) 谋杀
    She killed him with a hammer.
    她用锤子杀死了他。
  3. 3. vt. [+rumour] [ hope] [ idea] 扼杀
  4. 4. vt. [+lights] [ motor] 关掉
  5. 5. vt. [+pain] 止痛
    I'll give you something to kill the pain.
    我给你点止痛的药。
  6. 6. noun [s] (after hunt) 捕杀
    my back's killing me
    [inf] 我的背疼死了
    to kill time
    消磨时间
    he certainly hasn't been killing himself
    [inf] [fig] 他肯定没有竭尽全力
    to kill o.s. (laughing {or} with laughter)
    [inf] [fig] 笑得前仰后合
    to go {or} move in for the kill
    [fig] 出致命的一击

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

kill [kɪl]
  1. 1. vt. 杀死处死置……于死地
    The farmer killed a pig for the holidays.
    这名农夫过节宰杀一头猪。
    This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank.
    这个人在企图抢劫银行杀死了好几个人。
  2. 2. vt. 阻挠阻止拒绝
    The band have killed their chances with the record company.
    乐队已经拒绝了和唱片公司合作的机会
  3. 3. vt. 消灭终止扑灭
  4. 4. vi. 致死致命毁掉
    Breast cancer kills more women than any other form of cancer.
    乳腺癌死亡的妇女人数多于任何其他形式的癌症
    Drunken driving kills.
    酒后开车危害无穷
    Cigarettes kill.
    吸烟有害健康
  5. 5. vt. 使痛苦,使不舒服;使烦恼
    My back pain is killing me at work.
    背部的疼痛妨碍工作
    These new shoes are killing me!
    这双新鞋穿着难受死我了!
  6. 6. vt. 使倾倒,使着迷;使高兴
    I don't know what was so funny, but we were killing ourselves.
    不知道什么东西这么有趣,但显然我们着迷了。
    The comedian was so funny,he was killing me!
    这个喜剧演员好玩了,他快让我笑死了。
  7. 7. vt. [Sports] 扣杀
    He kept his weight on his left leg throughout his swing and just killed the ball.
    控制好左腿的重量通过移动成功扣杀
    She killed the ball.
    她把球接住了。
  8. 8. vt. 夺走……的生命
    Relatively few people have been killed by industrial accidents in recent years.
    最近几年,相对较少的人死于工业事故
    Aids has killed thousands in Africa.
    艾滋病非洲夺去成千上万人的生命
  9. 9. vt. 意外致命,使意外身亡
    Five passengers were killed in a collision involving a bus.
    五名乘客一次公车车祸中丧生
    She was killed in the collision of three cars.
    她死于三辆车连环碰撞
  10. 10. vt. [Slang] 喝完,一饮而尽
    The two of us killed the whole bottle of vodka.
    我们两个人干掉了整瓶伏特加
    She killed a bottle of brandy that night.
    那天晚上她喝光一瓶白兰地
  11. 11. vt. 划掉擦掉除去
  12. 12. vt. 使疲惫不堪,使筋疲力尽
    The daily stress of her work is killing her.
    日常工作压力正在毁掉她。
  13. 13. vt. 关掉,使停止运行
  14. 14. vt. 破环……的效果中和……的味道
    Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods.
    食用洋蓟会让所有其他食物没有味道
  15. 15. vi. [Slang] 出色表演
  16. 16. noun [Person Name] 基尔
  17. 17. n.[c] [Singular] 杀,杀死
    The wolf had cornered his prey and was now moving in for the kill.
    狼已围困住了它的猎物现在准备下手将其杀死
    He was given five years for his part in a later plot to kill Stephen Brown.
    他因参与暗杀史蒂芬布朗获刑5年。
  18. 18. n.[c] 击毁的敌机、敌舰、坦克导弹
    This was his fourth patrol of the day and only his first kill of the week.
    这是他一天中的第四次巡逻,但却是这个星期第一次击毁敌机。
    The pilot reported two kills during the mission.
    那位飞行员报告执行任务过程击落了两架敌机。
  19. 19. n.[c] [Singular] 狩猎物,捕获物

Collins English-English Dictionary

kill [kɪl]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] [also intr; when tr, sometimes foll by off] to cause the death of (a person or animal)
  2. 2. vb to put an end to; destroy
    to kill someone's interest
  3. 3. vb to make (time) pass quickly, esp while waiting for something
  4. 4. vb to deaden (sound)
  5. 5. vb [Spoken] to tire out; exhaust
    the effort killed him
  6. 6. vb [Spoken] to cause to suffer pain or discomfort
    my shoes are killing me
  7. 7. vb [Spoken] to cancel, cut, or delete
    to kill three lines of text
  8. 8. vb [Spoken] to quash, defeat, or veto
    the bill was killed in the House of Lords
  9. 9. vb [Spoken] to switch off; stop
    to kill a motor
  10. 10. vb [also intr] [Spoken] to overcome with attraction, laughter, surprise, etc
    she was dressed to kill
    his gags kill me
  11. 11. vb [Slang] to consume (alcoholic drink) entirely
    he killed three bottles of rum
  12. 12. vb [sport] to hit (a ball) so hard or so accurately that the opponent cannot return it
  13. 13. vb [soccer] to bring (a moving ball) under control; trap
  14. 14. n the act of causing death, esp at the end of a hunt, bullfight, etc
  15. 15. n the animal or animals killed during a hunt
  16. 16. n [NZ] the seasonal tally of stock slaughtered at a freezing works
  17. 17. n the destruction of a battleship, tank, etc
  18. 18. n [Etymology] C13 cullen; perhaps related to Old English cwellan to kill; compare German (Westphalian dialect) küllen; see quell
kill [kɪl]
  1. 1. n [US] a channel, stream, or river (chiefly as part of place names)
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C17: from Middle Dutch kille; compare Old Norse kill small bay, creek

Examples

plants that kill easily
易被弄死的植物
to kill two birds with one stone
一举两得
to kill time
消磨时间
to go {or} move in for the kill
[fig] 出致命的一击
The chiru is in danger of extinction because people kill them and sell their fell.
人们捕杀藏羚羊,贩卖羊毛,导致藏羚羊濒临灭绝。

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