knock up

英 [ˈnɒk ʌp]

美 [ˈnɑːk ʌp]

敲门唤醒; 匆匆准备或做某事

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 草草做成（或建成）；匆匆拼凑成
  If youknocksomethingup, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available.
  1. Could you possibly knock me up some scrambled eggs?...
     你能尽快给我弄个炒鸡蛋吗？
  2. Any water-skiing enthusiast can knock up a pair of skis in a few hours.
     任何一个滑水爱好者都能在几小时内做成一副滑水橇。
• PHRASAL VERB 敲门唤醒
  If youknocksomeoneup, you knock on the door of their bedroom or of their house in the night or in the morning in order to wake them up.
  1. He went to knock Rob up at 4.30am.
     他凌晨4:30去敲门唤醒罗布。
• PHRASAL VERB 使怀孕
  If a womanis knocked upby a man, she is made pregnant by him.
  1. When I got knocked up, the whole town knew it.
     我怀孕时，整个镇子都知道了。

英英释义

verb

• make pregnant
  1. He impregnated his wife again
  Synonym:impregnatebang upprang up

双语例句

• Never knock charter flights; they are opening up the world for budget-conscious travellers.
  绝不要挑剔包机航班；他们使精打细算的乘客能够去往世界各地。
• I knock up against an old friend.
  我偶然遇见一个老朋友。
• The players have a couple of minutes to knock up before the match starts.
  开赛前运动员有几分钟练球。
• Except for the persons she had gone to knock up, everyone was present.
  除了她刚才去敲门叫唤的那些人之外，其余的人都来了。
• Did you knock her up?
  你让人家怀孕了？
• We'd like to employ you on this newspaper, but the person we appoint must be able to knock up copy-can you do that?
  我们想雇你为这个报纸工作，不过我们所任作的人要能够准备付印的稿件&你能干得了这件事吗？
• Please don't try to dig up the whole garden in one day: you'll knock yourself up.
  请不要试图在一天之内给整个花园松完土，你会累坏自己的。
• He went to knock Rob up at 4.30am.
  他凌晨4:30去敲门唤醒罗布。
• How likely is she to let some idiot knock her up?
  她怎能让白痴占便宜？
• It doesn't take long to knock up some pasta.
  要赶制一些面食花不了多长时间。