killer

noun

/ˈkɪlə(r)/

/ˈkɪlər/

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a person, an animal or a thing that kills杀人者；杀手；导致死亡的人（或动物、事物）
- Police are hunting his killer.警方正在追捕杀害他的凶手。
- Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland.心脏病是苏格兰的头号杀手。
- an electric insect killer电杀虫器
see also giant-killer, killer instinct, ladykiller, serial killer
Extra Examples
- High blood pressure is known as a silent killer.高血压被称为沉默的杀手。
- In the 19th century, cholera was one of Britain's deadliest killers.19 世纪，霍乱是英国最致命的疾病之一。
- a cold-blooded killer冷酷无情的杀手
- The killer wave struck a tiny atoll in the Maldives.惊涛狂浪袭击了马尔代夫一座很小的环形珊瑚岛。
- Morgan delivered the killer blow (= that defeated her opponents) soon after half-time.中场休息后不久，摩根就给了她致命的一击。
Topics Crime and punishmentb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- real
- accused
- alleged
- …
verb + killer
- hunt
- track down
- catch
- …
killer + verb
- strike
- stalk somebody/something
- kill somebody
- …
killer + noun
- instinct
- blow
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(informal) something that is very difficult, very exciting or shows a lot of skill棘手的事；令人激动的事物；精彩的事物
- The exam was a real killer.这考试可真费劲。
- The new movie is a killer.这部新影片精彩极了。