| 词汇 | kick in |
| 释义 | kick inkick in phrasal verbphr v a) informalEFFECTIVE to start or to begin to have an effect 开始见效；开始运作 The storm is expected to kick in shortly after sunrise. 预计风暴将在日出后不久到来。 The painkillers kicked in and he became sleepy. 止痛药开始起作用，他昏昏欲睡了。 b) kick in (something)GIVE to join with others in giving money or help 凑分子，捐助；出份力 SYN chip in Bill never wants to kick in. 比尔从来都不肯出力。 We were each asked to kick in 50 cents toward the cost. 我们每个人都被要求出50美分分摊这笔费用。 c) kick somebody’s head/face/teeth inINJURE to injure someone badly by kicking them 把某人严重踢伤 He threatened to come round and kick my head in. 他威胁说要过来踢死我。 d) kick a door in to kick a locked door so hard that it breaks open 把门踢开 We had to get the police to kick the door in. 我们只得叫警察来把门踢开。 Examples from the Corpus kick in• Hence the special holiday offers about to kick in.• My adrenaline kicked in and the world got quieter.• That Rogaine better kick in before the millennium. kick in (something)• Hence the special holiday offers about to kick in.• Door kicked in and rented video stolen.• My adrenaline kicked in and the world got quieter.• That Rogaine better kick in before the millennium.• A stained glass window was recently kicked in - causing fifteen hundred pounds worth of damage.• On another occasion he kicked in the glass in a series of school doors.• I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach.• SunSoft will be kicking in with its ONC+. kick somebody’s head/face/teeth in• It goes with some people wanting to kick my head in.• Lou and Van burst into tears and Hamburglar kicks their heads in.• So they are all there, kicking our teeth in.• But they would kick your head in if you spilt their pint just the same. → kick in at kick1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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