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knockout

noun
🔊/ˈnɒkaʊt/
🔊/ˈnɑːkaʊt/
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  1. (abbreviation KO)
     (in boxing拳击运动) a hard hit that makes an opponent fall to the ground and be unable to get up, so that he or she loses the fight击败对手的一击；击倒对手获胜
    • The match ended in knockout in the fifth round.比赛在第五轮淘汰赛结束。
    • Sanchez won by a second-round knockout.桑切斯在第二轮淘汰赛中获胜。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc2, Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  2. (informal) a person or thing that is very attractive or impressive引人注目（或给人留下深刻印象的）的人（或物）
    • She’s an absolute knockout.她漂亮极了。
    Topics Appearancec2

knockout

adjective
🔊/ˈnɒkaʊt/
🔊/ˈnɑːkaʊt/
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  1. (especially British English) a knockout competition is one in which the winning player/team at each stage competes in the next stage and the losing one no longer takes part in the competition淘汰赛的；淘汰的
    • the knockout stages of the tournament锦标赛的淘汰赛阶段
  2. a knockout blow is something that hits somebody so hard that they can no longer get up击败对手的
    • The cancellation of the flight delivered the knockout blow to his plans.航班的取消给他的计划带来了打击。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc2