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

• I was always telling my friends that being raped would be the worst thing that could happen to anyone. Knock up against an old friend
  我过去和朋友们常说：一个人遭遇的最坏情况就是被人强奸；偶然遇见一个老朋友
• You should, forgive the expression, knock her up.
  你该拼命令她怀孕。
• Luckily, I didn't knock her up.
  还好，我没有叫她怀上孕。
• 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。
• Can you knock up a meal for us now?
  你能为我们赶快做出一顿饭吗？
• Even though they weren't expecting us, they managed to knock up a marvellous meal.
  他们虽然没想到我们要来，但还是设法匆匆做了一顿丰盛的饭。
• 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？
• We're very sorry to knock you up at this hour.
  很对不起，在这个时候敲门。
• I knock up against an old friend.
  我偶然遇见一个老朋友。
• 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。