killer

Các nghĩa

1. kẻ giết người, vật giết chết

   One who or that which kills.

   countable · uncountable

   There’s a killer on the loose.

   My cat is a habitual bird killer.

   Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.

2. điều gây căng thẳng, khó khăn tột độ

   That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

   countable · figuratively · uncountable

   That test was a killer.

   The final hill in the race course was a killer.

3. thứ vượt trội, đánh bại hoàn toàn đối thủ

   Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

   countable · figuratively · uncountable

   Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.

4. cá voi sát thủ

   The killer whale.

   countable · uncountable

   Fig. 188.—Grampus or Killer, Orca gladiator. (Flower, art. “Mammalia,” ‘Encyclopædia Britannica.’)

   We once saw an attack made by three killers upon a cow whale and her calf, in a lagoon on the coast of California in the spring of 1858.

5. người hoặc vật ấn tượng đáng kinh ngạc

   A remarkably impressive person or thing.

   countable · figuratively · uncountable

   Picture perfect, you don't need no filter / Gorgeous, make 'em drop dead, you're a killer

6. trò chơi phi tiêu hoặc bi-a loại trực tiếp

   A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

   uncountable

Dạng khác

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