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knock about

  1. 漫游; 四处走动
    • I've knocked about in most parts of the world in my time.
      我这辈子差不多游遍了整个世界。
    • He has knocked about quite a bit.
      他经历过很多漂泊不定的生活。
    • He's not yet thirty, but he's knocked about the world a good deal.
      他还不到30岁, 但他已漫游了世界许多地方。
  2. 殴打; 在肉体〔精神〕上虐待
    • They said that her husband used to knock her about but they had never heard her complain.
      他们说她丈夫曾对她拳打脚踢, 但从没听她诉过苦。
    • If that man knocks his wife about any more, he'll be sent to prison.
      要是那个人还虐待妻子, 他就要被送往监狱。
    • The poor boy is usually knocked about by his stepfather.
      那个不幸的男孩常遭继父殴打。
  3. 接连打击, 毁坏
    • 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间房子里玩, 因为怕他们把家具打坏了。
    • It had been a good piano in its time, but it was badly knocked about.
      这本来是一架好钢琴, 但是完全被敲坏了。
    • You can get some exercise by knocking a ball about a field with a friend.
      和一个朋友在场上打打球会使你得到锻炼的。
  4. 活着
    • Is the same chairman still knocking about? I thought he had left years ago.
      这位主席还活着?我还以为他多年前就死了呢。
  5. 放着无人理睬
    • Have you any scrap iron knocking about?
      你那儿有散在各处的废铁吗?
  6. 玩; 开车等取乐
    • Jim bought Mary an old car, just for knocking about.
      吉姆给玛丽买了一辆旧车, 就是为了开着玩。
  7. 〈口〉随意放在…
    • No, it's not mine; it's been knocking about the house for years.
      不, 那不是我的, 好几年了这本书就扔在屋里没人管。
  8. 〈口〉在…猛干
    • I wear these old trousers for knocking about the garden.
      我穿这条旧裤子是为了在园子里大干一番。

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