to kill
01
杀死, 杀害
to end the life of someone or something
Transitive: to kill a living being
例子
The hunter aimed carefully to kill the deer for food.
猎人仔细瞄准，为了食物杀死鹿。
Pesticides are used in agriculture to kill harmful insects.
农药在农业中用于杀死有害昆虫。
1.1
杀死, 杀害
to cause the death of a living organism
Intransitive
例子
The disease can spread rapidly and kill.
这种疾病可以迅速传播并杀死。
In harsh winter conditions, exposure can easily kill.
在严酷的冬季条件下，暴露很容易杀死。
02
毁灭, 结束
to cause something to fail or come to an end
Transitive: to kill sth
例子
His careless mistake killed our chances of winning the game.
他的粗心错误扼杀了我们赢得比赛的机会。
The economic downturn could kill small businesses.
经济低迷可能会扼杀小企业。
2.1
删除, 消除
to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system
Transitive: to kill a passage of a text
例子
The editor killed the offensive sentence.
编辑删除了冒犯性的句子。
I accidentally killed my whole draft when I pressed the wrong keys.
当我按错键时，我不小心删除了我的整个草稿。
2.2
抵消, 中和
to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing
Transitive: to kill a quality
例子
Adding too much salt can kill the flavor of the soup.
加太多盐会破坏汤的味道。
Overcooking the vegetables will kill their natural crunchiness.
过度烹饪蔬菜会破坏它们的天然脆度。
2.3
关闭, 切断
to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning
Transitive: to kill a mechanism
例子
He killed the engine to save fuel while waiting.
他在等待时关闭了发动机以节省燃料。
Please kill the lights before leaving the room.
离开房间前请关掉灯。
2.4
喝光, 干掉
to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink
Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content
例子
She killed a whole case of soda at the party.
她在聚会上干掉了一整箱苏打水。
He could n't believe they killed the entire bottle of tequila.
他不敢相信他们干掉了整瓶龙舌兰酒。
2.5
停住, 控制
to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer
Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement
例子
The defender skillfully killed the incoming pass with his foot.
防守者巧妙地用脚 停住 了传来的球。
The goalkeeper had to kill the ball's momentum to make the save.
守门员不得不消除球的动量以进行扑救。
2.6
终止, 停止
to forcefully stop a running program or process
Transitive: to kill a program or process
例子
Use the task manager to kill the unresponsive program.
使用任务管理器终止无响应的程序。
The system administrator can kill processes that are causing issues on the server.
系统管理员可以终止导致服务器问题的进程。
03
杀死, 猛击
(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return
Transitive: to kill a ball
例子
She killed the serve with a powerful forehand.
她用一记有力的正手杀了发球。
His opponent could n't return the ball after he killed it with a strong shot.
他的对手在他用一记强力击球杀死球后无法回球。
04
杀死, 压垮
to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling
Transitive: to kill sb
例子
The suspense in this book is killing me with anticipation.
这本书的悬念让我充满期待，简直要杀了我。
Knowing I disappointed her really kills me.
知道我让她失望真的让我崩溃。
4.1
杀, 摧毁
to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering
Transitive: to kill a person or a body part
例子
This headache is killing me.
这头痛快把我折磨死了。
These high heels are killing my feet!
这些高跟鞋快把我的脚疼死了！
4.2
杀, 激怒
to make someone extremely angry or upset
Transitive: to kill sb
例子
Dad will kill me if I lose his car keys.
如果我弄丢了他的车钥匙，爸爸会杀了我的。
My boss will kill me if I miss another deadline.
如果我再错过一个截止日期，我的老板会杀了我。
05
杀死, 逗乐
to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment
Intransitive
Transitive: to kill sb
例子
The funny puppet show was a hit with the kids and killed at the school event.
有趣的木偶戏在孩子们中大受欢迎，并在学校活动中 笑翻了。
His stand-up comedy routine always kills the audience with laughter.
他的单口喜剧表演总是用笑声杀死观众。
06
杀死, 笑死
to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so
Transitive: to kill oneself
例子
Despite the tension in the room, his witty remark had everyone killing themselves with laughter.
尽管房间里的气氛紧张，但他机智的评论让每个人都笑死了。
When he shared that embarrassing story, we were all killing ourselves laughing.
当他分享那个尴尬的故事时，我们都笑死了。
07
渴望至极, 为...而拼命
to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something
Intransitive: to kill for sth
例子
I 'd kill for a taste of my grandma's homemade lasagna.
为了尝一口我奶奶自制的千层面，我愿意杀人。
I would kill for a slice of that delicious chocolate cake.
我愿意为了一片那块美味的巧克力蛋糕杀人。
08
自杀, 耗尽精力
to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things
Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself
例子
Do n't kill yourself.
不要杀死自己。
He did n't exactly kill himself trying to get the work finished.
他并没有为了完成工作而真的把自己累死。
Kill
01
杀害, 谋杀
the act of terminating a life
02
摧毁, 消灭
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
03
猎物, 尸体
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
