释义:
Knock 动词,敲,打;
1. To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it 打翻
I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
我打翻了一罐油漆,于是乎花了一个小时去清理;
2. to rob something like a bank or a shop 抢劫银行或者商店
①一般后接的词语:bank,store, jewellery store, liquor store, gold shop, gun shop, pawn shop
②举例:
If drugs were given to addicts,they wouldn't have to knock over stores and shops to get the money to buy them.
如果把药品给吸毒者,那么他们就不会再去打劫商店,再拿这些钱去买药物。
They tried to knock over the store and learned a hard lesson when they got caught.
他们抢劫未遂,被捕后被好好地上了一课。
使用提示
This is typically used in American and Australian English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
这个俚语一般在美国和澳大利亚用的比较多,但是其他英语国家也会用到。