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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++kill1 /kɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 make SB/STH die 使某人/某物死亡 [intransitive, transitive]KILL to make a person or animal die 弄死，杀死 Why did she kill her husband? 她为什么杀死丈夫？ Murray held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him. 默里拿枪指着他的头并威胁要杀了他。 Four people were killed when a train plunged into a flooded river. 火车冲进洪水泛滥的河中，造成四人身亡。be killed instantly/outright (=immediately) 立即死亡，即刻死去 The driver was killed instantly. 司机当场死亡。 Bleach kills household germs. 漂白剂能够杀灭日常病菌。 Smoking kills. 吸烟会致人死亡。2 kill yourself a) to cause your own death 杀死自己，自杀 You’re going to kill yourself on that bike. 你骑那辆自行车会送命的。 After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself. 丈夫去世后，玛丽曾试图自杀。 b) to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired 〔工作过分努力而〕累坏身体 It’s not worth killing yourself over it. 为了它累坏身体不值得。kill yourself to do something He about killed himself to make the business go. 为了维持生意，他几乎把身体累垮了。3 make STH stop/fail 使某事停止/失败 [transitive]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to make something stop operating or fail 使停止；使失败；使关闭 Joe pulled in and killed the engine. 乔把车靠到路边停下，关闭了引擎。 The out-of-town shopping centre will kill local trade. 城外的购物中心将令本地商业难以为继。kill your speed (=drive slowly) 减速行驶4 be angry with SB 对某人发火 [transitive] informalANGRY to be very angry with someone 对〔某人〕大发雷霆 Mom will kill me if I’m late. 我要是晚了，妈妈会大发脾气的。5 annoyed/sad 恼火的/伤心的 [transitive]TIREDSAD/UNHAPPY to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc 使生气[伤心，担心等]it kills somebody to do something It kills me to see him working so hard. 看到他这么拼命工作，我担心得要命。 What happened next? The suspense is killing me. 接下来发生了什么？这一悬念真是要了我的命。6 would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it 愿不惜一切得到某物，极想要某物 I could kill for a smoke right now. 现在我非常想吸口烟。 In those days, actors would kill to break into film. 那时候，演员都拼命想挤入电影界。7 my head/back etc is killing me spokenPAIN used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot 我的头/背等痛得要命 I’ve walked miles and my feet are killing me. 我走了很远的路，脚痛得要命。8 kill time/an hour etc SPEND TIMEto spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen 消磨时光，打发时间 With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre. 还有点时间可以消磨，于是他叫了一辆出租车去市中心。9 kill a beer/bottle of wine etc spoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly 一口喝下啤酒/一瓶葡萄酒等10 make SB laugh 使某人发笑 [transitive]FUNNY to make someone laugh a lot 使〔某人〕笑得前仰后合11 it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it (做某事)又不会要了某人的命〔因此应该去做〕12 (even) if it kills me spoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult 哪怕困难重重13. kill two birds with one stone DOto achieve two things with one action 一石二鸟，一举两得，一箭双雕14. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success 杀鸡取卵，竭泽而渔15. kill the fatted calf CELEBRATEto welcome someone home with a big meal etc after they have been away for a long time 盛宴款待〔长期离家归来的人〕16. kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them 溺爱某人，宠坏某人17. kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely 不是一举成功，就是一败涂地；成败在此一举18 kill something ↔ off phrasal verb → dressed to kill at dressed(3) THESAURUSkill to make someone die 弄死，杀死The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash. 司机和乘客都在车祸中丧命了。He was killed by rival gang members. 他被敌对帮派成员杀死了。murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime 〔作为犯罪〕谋杀He was convicted of murdering his wife. 他被判杀妻罪。commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime 犯过失杀人罪，犯误杀罪The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter. 法院裁定警卫过失杀人。assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician 暗杀，行刺〔重要人物，尤指政治人物〕He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler. 他参与了暗杀希特勒的密谋。slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories 残害，残杀〔用于新闻报道或故事传说〕Two teenagers were slain in the shootings. 两名少年在枪击中遇害。St. George slew the dragon. 圣乔治杀死了那条龙。nThe king was slain at the battle of Hastings.execute formal (also put somebody to death) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime 处决，处死McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection. 制造炸弹袭击导致168人死亡的麦克维被处以注射死刑。eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble 消灭，清除a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals 除掉所有敌对者的残酷独裁者take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you 除掉，干掉US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions. 美军采用空袭来端掉敌军据点。One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out. 可能是其他毒贩中有人决定干掉他。bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone 干掉，除掉He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself. 他太讨厌了，我真想亲手把他解决掉。do away with somebody informal to kill someone 干掉，除掉nThe settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.to kill yourself 自杀commit suicide to kill yourself 自杀He committed suicide after the death of his girlfriend. 女朋友死后他自杀了。take your own life formal to kill yourself 自杀，结束自己的生命He had taken his own life while he was severely depressed. 他因极度消沉而自杀了。They believe that it is a sin to take your own life. 他们认为自杀是一种罪过。to kill a large number of people 杀死许多人massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way 屠杀，〔大规模〕杀戮Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers. 成千上万名和平示威者遭士兵屠杀。slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food 屠杀〔人〕；屠宰〔动物〕The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. 军队为镇压暴乱而屠杀了成千上万的平民。The pigs were slaughtered on the farm. 这些猪在养猪场被屠宰。exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist 灭绝，根除〔某一群体〕Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews. 希特勒的目标是消灭犹太人。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
kill• The gunman killed 22 people and wounded 15, before turning his gun on himself.• The explosion killed 32 people.• Many people do not realize that these drugs are dangerous and can kill.• Smoking kills.• He told Creon that Thebes would be save only if Menoeceus was killed.• He was capable of killing a man with his bare hands.• The police believe the man may kill again.• During his address, some shots were fired, two men were killed, and several wounded.• Is it morally acceptable to kill animals for food?• My sixteen-year-old son Louis was killed by a drunk driver two years ago.• I thought he had been in a car accident that had killed everyone else.• On May 3,1885, police fired into a crowd of strikers in Chicago, wounding many and killing four.• Noland is accused of killing her stepfather.• He claims that he didn't mean to kill his wife.• James Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955.• Official sources say that 20 people were killed in last night's air raids.• Carrie will kill me if I forget her birthday.• Alan wore a dress to the party? That kills me!• They've tried to kill me.• The disease has already killed more than 2000 in Latin America.• Mr Howard released a statement in an effort to kill speculation in the press.• Quick! Kill the lights.• Some one possessing special strength or skill attacks and kills the monster or drives him away.• Could you give me something to kill the pain?• Losing funding now would kill the project.• A car drove onto the pavement, killing three of Mrs Maguire's children.• I was early, so I sat in a café, killing time.• The second Returner had killed two men, and had also been destroyed in the process before full analysis could commence.be killed instantly/outright• Both the Prince and his wife were killed instantly.• Park and Sheena were killed instantly.• The aeroplane crashed and your brother was killed instantly.• The only consolation, I think she was killed instantly.• The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body.• Nadine was killed instantly and Deanne died in hospital four hours later.• He was killed instantly, and two others were wounded.• A total of 210 people were killed outright by the soldiers, another seventy-one died later and 173 were less seriously wounded.it kills somebody to do something• I mean, it kills me to think of them.kill2 noun 1 KILL[countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal 杀死，捕杀〔动物〕2 move in/close in for the kill CATCHto come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it 逐渐靠近以伺机杀死[击败，摧毁]3 [singular]KILL an animal that is killed by another animal 〔被其他动物杀死的猎获物Examples from the Corpus
kill• The snakes are sometimes hard to find, so the Webers never miss a chance to make a kill.• Shoot only if you are confident of a kill.• The winning point came on a kill by Amy Earle.• This was his fourth patrol of the day and only his first kill of the week.• That lasted only a few seconds; then the leopard got a good hold on its kill.• But you can never effect a total kill.• In 1963, too, the sperm-whale kill reached its peak, claiming about thirty thousand of the great beasts.From Longman Business Dictionarykillkill /kɪl/ verb [transitive] if someone kills an idea, product etc, they decide to stop developing it, selling it etcThey have killed plans for a weekly regional magazine in Los Angeles. → see also fill or kill→ See Verb tableOrigin kill1 (1200-1300) Probably from an unrecorded Old English cyllankill1 verb →10-18
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kill1 S1 W1 /kɪl/ 
verb
Why did she kill her husband?
Murray held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him.
Four people were killed when a train plunged into a flooded river.
be killed instantly/outright (=immediately)
The driver was killed instantly.
Bleach kills household germs.
Smoking kills.
2. kill yourself
a. to cause your own death:
You’re going to kill yourself on that bike.
After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself.
b. to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired:
It’s not worth killing yourself over it.
kill yourself to do something
He about killed himself to make the business go.
3. MAKE SOMETHING STOP/FAIL [transitive] to make something stop operating or fail:
Joe pulled in and killed the engine.
The out-of-town shopping centre will kill local trade.
kill your speed (=drive slowly)
4. BE ANGRY WITH SOMEBODY [transitive] informal to be very angry with someone:
Mom will kill me if I’m late.
5. ANNOYED/SAD [transitive] to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc
it kills somebody to do something
It kills me to see him working so hard.
What happened next? The suspense is killing me.
6. would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it:
I could kill for a smoke right now.
In those days, actors would kill to break into film.
7. my head/back etc is killing me spoken used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot:
I’ve walked miles and my feet are killing me.
8. kill time/an hour etc to spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen:
With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre.
9. kill a beer/bottle of wine etc spoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly:
Let’s kill these beers and go.
10. MAKE SOMEBODY LAUGH [transitive] to make someone laugh a lot
kill yourself laughing
They weren’t bothered – in fact, they were killing themselves laughing.
11. it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it:
It wouldn’t kill you to help out once in a while.
12. (even) if it kills me spoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult:
I’m completing this course, even if it kills me.
13. kill two birds with one stone to achieve two things with one action
14. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success
15. kill the fatted calf to welcome someone home with a big meal etc after they have been away for a long time
16. kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them
17. kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely
⇨ dressed to kill at dressed(3)
▪ kill to make someone die: The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash. | He was killed by rival gang members.
▪murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime: He was convicted of murdering his wife.
▪commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime: The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter.
▪assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
▪slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories: Two teenagers were slain in the shootings. | St. George slew the dragon. | The king was slain at the battle of Hastings.
▪execute formal (also put somebody to death ) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection.
▪eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble: a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
▪take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you: US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions. | One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out.
▪bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone: He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself.
▪do away with somebody informal to kill someone: The settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.
■ to kill yourself
▪commit suicide to kill yourself: He committed suicide after the death of his girlfriend.
▪take your own life formal to kill yourself: He had taken his own life while he was severely depressed. | They believe that it is a sin to take your own life.
■ to kill a large number of people
▪massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
▪slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food: The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. | The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
▪exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist: Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.
kill something ↔ off phrasal verb
1. to cause the death of a lot of living things
SYN destroy:
Pollution is rapidly killing off plant life.
2. to stop or remove something completely
SYN destroy:
These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery.
kill2 noun1. [countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal:
He raised his knife for the kill.
2. move in/close in for the kill to come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it:
Enemy submarines were moving in for the kill.
3. [singular] an animal that is killed by another animal:
The cubs will share the remains of the kill.
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verb Date: 1200-1300
Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English cyllan
1. MAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING DIE [intransitive and transitive] to make a person or animal die:Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English cyllan
be killed instantly/outright (=immediately)
2. kill yourself
a. to cause your own death:
b. to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired:
kill yourself to do something
3. MAKE SOMETHING STOP/FAIL [transitive] to make something stop operating or fail:
kill your speed (=drive slowly)
4. BE ANGRY WITH SOMEBODY [transitive] informal to be very angry with someone:
5. ANNOYED/SAD [transitive] to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc
it kills somebody to do something
6. would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it:
7. my head/back etc is killing me spoken used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot:
8. kill time/an hour etc to spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen:
9. kill a beer/bottle of wine etc spoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly:
10. MAKE SOMEBODY LAUGH [transitive] to make someone laugh a lot
kill yourself laughing
11. it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it:
12. (even) if it kills me spoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult:
13. kill two birds with one stone to achieve two things with one action
14. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success
15. kill the fatted calf to welcome someone home with a big meal etc after they have been away for a long time
16. kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them
17. kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely
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2. to stop or remove something completely
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noun1. [countable usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal: 2. move in/close in for the kill to come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it:
3. [singular] an animal that is killed by another animal:
