kill
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they kill | |
| he / she / it kills | |
| past simple killed | |
| past participle killed | |
| -ing form killing |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make somebody/something die 杀死；弄死；导致死亡 - kill (somebody/something)
Cancer kills thousands of people every year. 每年数以千计的人死于癌症。 Tiredness while driving can kill. 疲劳驾驶会出人命的。 Dozens of civilians were killed or injured in the attack. 数十名平民在袭击中伤亡。 She was nearly killed by a car bomb. 她差点被汽车炸弹炸死。 Both members of the crew were killed instantly when the missile hit their aircraft. 当导弹击中他们的飞机时，两名机组人员当场死亡。 Three soldiers were killed in action (= while fighting) yesterday. 三名士兵在昨天的战斗中丧生。 She tried to kill me! 她想杀了我！ The terrorists threatened to kill the hostages. 恐怖分子威胁要杀死人质。 I bought a spray to kill the weeds. 我买了一种喷剂来除草。 - (informal)
My mother will kill me (= be very angry with me) when she finds out. 我妈要是发现了会宰了我的。 - kill yourself
He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills. 他试图服安眠药自杀。 - kill yourself doing something (figurative)
Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait. 别为了赶着明天把事情干完而累坏身体。这事可以等一等嘛。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmenta2Three people were killed in the crash. 三人在此次撞车事故中丧生。 He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional. 他承认杀死了她，但说不是故意的。 The animals are killed quickly and humanely. 那些动物被迅速人道地宰杀。 As a young boy he accidentally killed his brother. 当他还是个小男孩的时候，他不小心杀了他的兄弟。 The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed. 调查结论是他是被非法杀害的。 The poison was slowly killing her. 毒药正在慢慢地夺走她的生命。 The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately. 恐怖分子已经表示他们意欲大开杀戒。 They plotted to kill the dictator. 他们密谋刺杀那位独裁者。 - (figurative)
I nearly killed myself carrying that suitcase all the way here. 我带着那个箱子一路来到这里，差点丧命。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- outright
- almost
- nearly
- …
- want to
- be prepared to
- threaten to
- …
- admit killing somebody
- admit to killing somebody
- deny killing somebody
- …
- kill (somebody/something)
- [transitive] kill something
to destroy something or make it less good; to make something stop 毁灭；破坏；扼杀；使停止 to kill a rumour 平息谣言 She claims that social media kills relationships. 她声称社交媒体扼杀关系。 The defeat last night killed the team's chances of qualifying. 昨晚的失败使这个队失去了获得资格的机会。
- [transitive] kill something (informal)
to switch off a light or engine; to stop a computer program or process 毁灭；破坏；扼杀；使停止 She killed the engine and climbed out. 她关掉引擎，爬了出来。 The only way to kill the process is to reboot the computer. 终止进程的唯一方法是重新启动计算机。
- [transitive] kill somebody | it kills somebody to do something (informal)
(usually used in the progressive tenses and not used in the passive 通常用于进行时，不用于被动语态 to cause somebody pain 使痛苦；使疼痛；使受折磨 - [transitive] kill somebody (especially North American English)
to make somebody laugh a lot 使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow.
Idioms
curiosity killed the cat
- (saying)
used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them 好奇害死猫（让人别提问或打听与己无关的事情）
dressed to kill
- (informal)
wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you 打扮得引人注目；穿着华丽夺目
have time on your hands | have time to kill
- (informal)
to have nothing to do or not be busy 无所事事；没事可干；闲着
if looks could kill…
used to describe the very angry or unpleasant way somebody is/was looking at you 眼神吓死人；一脸怒气；满脸不高兴 If looks could kill, she thought, seeing the expression that came over his face when he saw her, she’d be dead on the pavement. 看到他看自己时脸上的表情，她想，如果目光能杀人，她就已经被杀死在人行道上了。 I don’t know what I’ve done to upset him, but if looks could kill… 我不知道做了什么惹他生气了，但看他那吓人的样子…
kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs
- (saying)
to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc. 杀鸡取卵；竭泽而渔；自绝财源
kill or cure
- (British English)
used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completely 要么医好要么治死；不是成功便是失败；成败在此一举
kill time | kill an hour, a couple of hours, etc.
kill two birds with one stone
to achieve two things at the same time with one action 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
kill somebody/something with kindness
to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them 宠坏
kill yourself laughing