English Dictionary

knock out

動詞

他動詞 慣用表現 自動詞 くだけた表現 廃用

(transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out. / (transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head. / (transitive, idiomatic) To put to sleep.

日本語の意味

(他動詞) ぶつける、叩くことで（誰かまたは何か）を倒す、はたまた押し出すこと / (他動詞, 熟語的表現) 一撃を与えて気絶させる、意識をなくさせること / (他動詞, 熟語的表現) （比喩的に）眠らせる、寝かしつけること

The boxer aimed to knock out his opponent with a single powerful punch.

ボクサーは強烈な一発で対戦相手の意識を失わせることを狙った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out.

I accidentally knocked out the glass in my picture frame.

意味（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.

The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.

意味（3）

(transitive, idiomatic) To put to sleep.

The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.

意味（4）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially suddenly.

She knocks right out the minute she gets tucked in.

意味（5）

(transitive, idiomatic) To exhaust.

Running errands all day really knocked him out.

意味（6）

(transitive, informal) To complete, especially in haste; knock off.

They knocked out the entire project in one night.

意味（7）

(transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.

The antitank gun knocked out the enemy tank.

意味（8）

(transitive) To eliminate from a contest or similar.

As they were approaching bankruptcy from being knocked out of the calculator market, they began development on the first commercially available microcomputer, the Altair.

意味（9）

(transitive) To communicate (a message) by knocking.

The prisoner knocked out a message on the wall for the prisoner in the adjoining cell.

意味（10）

To lose the scent of hounds in fox-hunting.

意味（11）

(obsolete, Oxford University slang) To leave college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.

Hullo! he said, getting up; time for me to knock out, or old Copas will be in bed. […]

knocks out （ present singular third-person ）

knocking out （ participle present ）

knocked out （ participle past ）

knocked out （ past ）