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kill

A1 verb
gen /ˈkɪʊ̯/

kill /ˈkɪl/ nghĩa là giết

Các nghĩa

  1. giết

    To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

    transitive

    Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and hard drugs combined.

    As the country reckons with how to prevent more children from being killed at school, the legacies of the Parkland victims live on.

    After all, improving road safety has become a widely endorsed cause because nobody wants to kill, or be killed, in a road accident.

  2. làm hỏng, tắt

    To render inoperative.

    transitive

    He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.

    He killed the motor.

    Peter: Ask Childers if it was worth his arm. Policeman: What did you do to his arm, Peter? Peter: I killed it, with a machine gun.

  3. dừng, chấm dứt, hủy bỏ

    To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.

    figuratively · transitive

    The editor decided to kill the story.

    The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.

    My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.

  4. gây sửng sốt, làm choáng váng

    To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.

    excessive · figuratively · transitive

    That night, she was dressed to kill.

    That joke always kills me.

  5. làm đau đớn, hành hạ

    To cause great pain, discomfort, or distress to; to hurt.

    excessive · figuratively · intransitive · transitive

    These tight shoes are killing my feet.

    You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill.

  6. gây khó chịu, ghê tởm

    To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

    figuratively · transitive

    It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. dùng hết, lãng phí

    To use up or to waste.

    transitive

    I'm just doing this to kill time.

  2. áp đảo, đánh bại

    To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.

    figuratively · informal · transitive

    Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate.

    The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.

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