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killer

noun
🔊/ˈkɪlə(r)/
🔊/ˈkɪlər/
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  1. a person, an animal or a thing that kills杀人者；杀手；导致死亡的人（或动物、事物）
    • Police are hunting his killer.警方正在追捕杀害他的凶手。🔊🔊
    • Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland.心脏病是苏格兰的头号杀手。🔊🔊
    • an electric insect killer电杀虫器
    see also giant-killer, killer instinct, ladykiller, serial killer
    Extra Examples
    • High blood pressure is known as a silent killer.高血压被称为沉默的杀手。
    • In the 19th century, cholera was one of Britain's deadliest killers.19 世纪，霍乱是英国最致命的疾病之一。
    • a cold-blooded killer冷酷无情的杀手
    • The killer wave struck a tiny atoll in the Maldives.惊涛狂浪袭击了马尔代夫一座很小的环形珊瑚岛。
    • Morgan delivered the killer blow (= that defeated her opponents) soon after half-time.上半场后不久，摩根（Morgan）发出了致命一击（击败了对手）。
    Topics Crime and punishmentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • real
    • accused
    • alleged
    • …
    verb + killer
    • hunt
    • track down
    • catch
    • …
    killer + verb
    • strike
    • stalk somebody/​something
    • kill somebody
    • …
    killer + noun
    • instinct
    • blow
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  2. (informal) something that is very difficult, very exciting or shows a lot of skill棘手的事；令人激动的事物；精彩的事物
    • The exam was a real killer.这考试可真费劲。🔊🔊
    • The new movie is a killer.这部新影片精彩极了。🔊🔊