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knocking 音標拼音: [n'ɑkɪŋ] n. 爆震音,卡答卡答的故障聲音 爆震音,卡答卡答的故障聲音 knocking n 1: the sound of knocking ( as on a door or in an engine or bearing); " the knocking grew louder" [ synonym: { knock}, { knocking}] Knock \ Knock\ ( n[ o^] k), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Knocked} ( n[ o^] kt); p. pr. & vb. n. { Knocking}.] [ OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. { Knack}.] 1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. [ 1913 Webster] For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. -- Matt. vii. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To practice evil speaking or fault- finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [ Slang, U. S.] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { To knock about}, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [ Colloq.] " Knocking about town." -- W. Irving. { To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. " The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service." -- De Quincey. { To knock off}, to cease, as from work; to desist. { To knock under}, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one' s self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. " Colonel Esmond knocked under to his fate." -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster]
Knocking \ Knock" ing\, n. A beating; a rap; a series of raps. [ 1913 Webster] The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. -- H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster]
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