| 词汇 | knock somebody/something ↔ up |
| 释义 | knock somebody/something ↔ upknock somebody/something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v informal a) MAKEto make something quickly and without using much effort 仓促制成，赶做 Michael knocked up a shed in the back garden. 迈克尔在后花园里匆匆搭了个棚屋。 b) British EnglishBrEWAKE UP/GET UP to wake someone up by knocking on their door 敲门把〔某人〕唤醒 What time do you want me to knock you up in the morning? 你想让我早上几点敲门叫醒你？ c) informal not politeSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to make a woman pregnant 把〔女人〕肚子搞大，使〔女人〕怀孕 Examples from the Corpus knock up• Another who knocked them up before daylight.• Keeping in mind the penalties for knocking thought up by these sixth graders, I pull open the door and slip inside.• Letty knocked and glancing up Emily saw a slight figure with a mass of dark hair following the maid into the room.• With Young, concussions and assorted knocks are piling up like unpaid bills.• Then he knocks it up off the Road to about nine inches for a 4.• A loud determined knock draws him up sharply.• Everyone else appeared to have some sort of credit card that knocked off up to 25 percent.• She was out of control, she said, knocking back up to ten cups of coffee a day. → knock somebody/something ↔ up at knock1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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