killing 音标拼音: [k'ɪlɪŋ]
n . 谋杀,杀戮
a . 杀害的,疲惫的,迷人的
谋杀,杀戮杀害的,疲惫的,迷人的
killing adj 1 :
very funny ; "
a killing joke "; "
sidesplitting antics "
[
synonym : {
killing }, {
sidesplitting }]
n 1 :
an event that causes someone to die [
synonym : {
killing },
{
violent death }]
2 :
the act of terminating a life [
synonym : {
killing }, {
kill },
{
putting to death }]
3 :
a very large profit [
synonym : {
killing }, {
cleanup }]
Kill \
Kill \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Killed } (
k [
i ^]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Killing }.] [
OE .
killen ,
kellen ,
cullen ,
to kill ,
strike ;
perh .
the same word as cwellen ,
quellen ,
to kill (
cf .
{
Quell }),
or perh .
rather akin to Icel .
kolla to hit in the head ,
harm ,
kollr top ,
summit ,
head ,
Sw .
kulle ,
D .
kollen to kill with the ax .]
1 .
To deprive of life ,
animal or vegetable ,
in any manner or by any means ;
to render inanimate ;
to put to death ;
to slay .
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1913 Webster ]
Ah ,
kill me with thy weapon ,
not with words !
--
Shak .
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2 .
To destroy ;
to ruin ;
as ,
to kill one '
s chances ;
to kill the sale of a book . "
To kill thine honor ." --
Shak .
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Her lively color kill '
d with deadly cares . --
Shak .
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3 .
To cause to cease ;
to quell ;
to calm ;
to still ;
as ,
in seamen '
s language ,
a shower of rain kills the wind ;
new sound insultation killed the loud noises from outside .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Be comforted ,
good madam ;
the great rage ,
You see ,
is killed in him . --
Shak .
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4 .
To destroy the effect of ;
to counteract ;
to neutralize ;
as ,
alkali kills acid .
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5 .
To waste or spend unprofitably ; --
usually used of time ;
as ,
he killed an hour waiting for the doctor to see him .
[
PJC ]
6 .
To cancel or forbid publication of (
a report ,
article ,
etc .),
after it has been written ;
as ,
they killed the article after getting threats of a lawsuit .
[
PJC ]
{
To kill time },
to busy one '
s self with something which occupies the attention ,
or makes the time pass without tediousness .
Syn :
To murder ;
assassinate ;
slay ;
butcher ;
destroy . --
To {
Kill }, {
Murder }, {
Assassinate }.
To kill does not necessarily mean any more than to deprive of life .
A man may kill another by accident or in self -
defense ,
without the imputation of guilt .
To murder is to kill with malicious forethought and intention .
To assassinate is to murder suddenly and by stealth .
The sheriff may kill without murdering ;
the duelist murders ,
but does not assassinate his antagonist ;
the assassin kills and murders .
Killing \
Kill "
ing \,
a .
Literally ,
that kills ;
having power to kill ;
fatal ;
in a colloquial sense ,
conquering ;
captivating ;
irresistible . --
{
Kill "
ing *
ly },
adv .
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Those eyes are made so killing . --
Pope .
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Nothing could be more killingly spoken . --
Milton .
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killing \
kill "
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act or process of causing a living organism to die .
[
PJC ]
2 .
An unusually large gain in a financial or business transaction or enterprise ;
as ,
she made a killing trading cattle futures .
[
PJC ]
197 Moby Thesaurus words for "
killing ":
Herculean ,
arduous ,
asphyxiation ,
assault ,
attack ,
backbreaking ,
baneful ,
battering ,
beaming ,
best seller ,
big hit ,
blood ,
bloodshed ,
blooming ,
bomb ,
bonanza ,
bright ,
brilliant ,
brilliant success ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
butchery ,
capital gains ,
carnage ,
choke ,
choking ,
cleanup ,
clear profit ,
coup ,
crushing ,
dazzling ,
deadly ,
death ,
death -
bringing ,
deathful ,
deathly ,
debilitating ,
decimation ,
destructive ,
devastating ,
difficult ,
disorderliness ,
dividends ,
divine ,
draining ,
drowning ,
earnings ,
effortful ,
enervating ,
execution ,
exhausting ,
extermination ,
fad ,
fatal ,
fatality ,
fatiguesome ,
fatiguing ,
feral ,
filthy lucre ,
forced ,
forcible seizure ,
foul play ,
gain ,
gains ,
gas ,
gasser ,
genocide ,
get ,
gettings ,
glamorous ,
gleanings ,
glorious ,
glowing ,
gorgeous ,
great success ,
gross ,
gross profit ,
grueling ,
hard -
earned ,
hard -
fought ,
heavenly ,
heavy ,
hefty ,
hit ,
hoard ,
homicide ,
income ,
interest ,
internecine ,
labored ,
laborious ,
laying waste ,
lethal ,
liquidation ,
liver death ,
looting ,
lucre ,
makings ,
malign ,
malignant ,
manslaughter ,
mass destruction ,
mass murder ,
massacre ,
megadeath ,
meteoric success ,
momentary success ,
mortal ,
murder ,
neat profit ,
net ,
net profit ,
obstreperousness ,
onerous ,
onslaught ,
operose ,
oppressive ,
painful ,
paper profits ,
pelf ,
percentage ,
perk ,
perks ,
pernicious ,
perquisite ,
pickings ,
pillaging ,
proceeds ,
profit ,
profits ,
punishing ,
radiant ,
rake -
off ,
rape ,
raving ,
ravishing ,
receipts ,
resounding triumph ,
resplendent ,
return ,
returns ,
riot ,
rioting ,
roaring success ,
ruinous ,
sacking ,
savage ,
sensation ,
serum death ,
shining ,
slaughter ,
slaying ,
smash ,
smash hit ,
smotheration ,
smothering ,
sowing with salt ,
sparkling ,
splendid ,
splendorous ,
splendrous ,
starvation ,
store ,
strained ,
straining ,
strangling ,
strangulation ,
strenuous ,
stressful ,
stroke of luck ,
stunning ,
sublime ,
success ,
suffocation ,
take ,
take -
in ,
tiresome ,
tiring ,
toilsome ,
tough ,
triumph ,
troublesome ,
trying ,
unruliness ,
uphill ,
violation ,
violent death ,
virulent ,
watery grave ,
wealth ,
weariful ,
wearing ,
wearisome ,
wearying ,
windfall ,
winnings ,
wow
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