knock

• vi. ノックする；叩く；叩く
• vt. ノックする；叩く；叩く；批判する
• n. ノックする；叩く；騒ぐ

オノマトペ、何かをノックする音。クリック、時計と比較する。

knock

knock: [OE] knock is a classic onomatopoeic word: that is to say, it originated in a direct imitation of the sound it denotes. The similar Swedish knacka ‘knock’ may be related. The figurative use of the word for ‘criticize’ originated in late 19th-century America.

knock (v.)

Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"

At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]

knock (n.)

mid-14c., from knock (v.). As an engine noise, from 1899.

1. Find Bernie and get him to knock an agreement together.

バーニーを見つけて、できるだけ早くプロトコルを作成させます。

2.They decided to knock the two rooms into one.

彼らは2つの部屋を1つにすることにした。

3.What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence.

彼らの言葉は私に自信を持っていることに大きな打撃を与えた。

4.He had many motives for wanting to knock off Yvonne.

彼にはイヴォナを殺す動機がたくさんある。

5.When we stop enjoying ourselves we 'll knock it on the head.

など十分に遊んだら、私たちは終わります。