| 词汇 | knock about/around |
| 释义 | knock about/around 1. travel without a plan; wander with no fixed aim 漫游；无目的地游逛 * After graduating from college, Joe knocked about for a year seeing the country before he went to work in his father's business. 乔大学毕业后用一年时间周游全国，然后才去他父亲的商行上班。 * He's not yet thirty, but he's knocked about the world a good deal. 他还没到30岁，但已在世界上跑了不少地方。 * He has been knocking about Africa most of his life. 他已经在非洲旅行大半辈子了。 2. beat with the fists; mistreat physically or mentally 拳打；虐待 * The boxer knocked his opponent about all over the ring. 拳击者把对方打得在拳击场上打转。 * He knocks his wife about a bit. 他有点虐待妻子。 * He was often knocked about by the shop owner during his apprenticeship. 他在学徒期间常常遭到店老板的虐待。 * I wish they'd stop knocking their children about. 希望他们别再虐待他们的孩子。 3. damage; knock continually and damage (furniture, decorations, etc.) 破坏；不停地敲打以致破坏（家俱或装饰物） * The harvest was badly knocked about by the storm. 由于那场暴风雨，庄稼的收成遭到了破坏。 * I don't like the children playing in this room, for fear they knock the furniture about. 我不喜欢孩子们在这房间里玩，怕他们把家俱弄坏。 4. lie about here and there; be found or seen; going about 到处乱放；被找到；到处走动 * That old thing has been knocking about the house for years. 那件旧东西随便丢在家里已经好些年了。 * The book is now out of print, but there are probably still copies of it knocking about in the libraries and bookshops. 这本书已经绝版了，但在图书馆或书店也许还能找到几本。 * There seem to be a lot of policemen knocking about in this district tonight. 今晚在这地区似乎有许多警察到处巡逻。 |
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