1PHRASAL VERB 使不省人事;使入睡 To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. 使不省人事;使入睡 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
He was arguing with his girlfriend and she hit him with a frying pan! Nearly knocked him out. [VERB noun PREP.]
他和女友争吵时女友竟拿煎锅砸他!几乎把他砸晕了过去。
The three drinks knocked him out. [VERB noun PREP.]
3杯酒就让他昏昏入睡了。
He had never been knocked out in a professional fight. [beVERB-ed PREP.]
在职业拳击赛中,他从未被击倒判败过。
SYN floor, knock unconscious, knock senseless, render unconscious
2PHRASAL VERB 击败;淘汰 If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. 击败;淘汰 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
Henri Leconte has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open. [beVERB-ed PREP.]
亨利·勒孔特在日内瓦公开赛四分之一决赛中被淘汰。
The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships. [VERB noun PREP. + of]