kick

1. V-T/V-I If you kick someone or something, you hit them forcefully with your foot. 踢

He kicked the door hard. 他用力踢門。

He threw me to the ground and started to kick. 他把我摔在地上開始踢我。

2. N-COUNT Kick is also a noun. 踢

He suffered a kick to the knee. 他的膝蓋被踢了一腳。

3. V-T When you kick a ball or other object, you hit it with your foot so that it moves through the air. 踢

I went to kick the ball and I completely missed it. 我去踢球卻踢空了。

He kicked the ball away. 他把球踢開了。

4. N-COUNT Kick is also a noun. 踢

He missed an easy kick. 他錯失很容易的一腳球。

5. V-T/V-I If you kick or if you kick your legs, you move your legs with very quick, small, and forceful movements, once or repeatedly. 踢動

They were dragged away struggling and kicking. 他們又掙又踢地被拖走了。

First he kicked the left leg, then he kicked the right. 他先踢左腿，然後踢右腿。

6. PHRASAL VERB Kick out means the same as . 踢動

As its rider tried to free it, the horse kicked out and rolled over, crushing her. 儅騎手設法把它放開的時候，那匹馬一陣踢，又一打滾，把她壓傷了。

7. V-T If you kick your legs, you lift your legs up very high one after the other, for example when you are dancing. 高高踢起

...kicking his legs like a cancan dancer. …像康康舞縯員一樣把他的腿高高踢起。

8. V-T If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing. 戒絕 (惡習)[非正式]

She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value. 她已經戒掉吸毒的惡習，懂得了她的生命有價值。

9. N-SING If something gives you a kick, it makes you feel very excited or very happy for a short period of time. 極大的快感; 極度的興奮[非正式]

I got a kick out of seeing my name in print. 看到我的名字被印成鉛字，我感到非常興奮。

10. PHRASE If you say that someone kicks you when you are down, you think they are behaving unfairly because they are attacking you when you are in a weak position. 落井下石

In the end I just couldn't kick Jimmy when he was down. 最後我就是不忍對吉米落井下石。

11. PHRASE If you say that someone does something for kicks, you mean that they do it because they think it will be exciting. 爲了追求刺激[非正式]

They made a few small bets for kicks. 爲了追求刺激，他們下了幾個小賭注。

12. PHRASE If you say that someone is dragged kicking and screaming into a particular course of action, you are emphasizing that they are very unwilling to do what they are being made to do. 極不情願[強調]

He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into action. 他非要被強迫著極不情願地去做事。

13. PHRASE If you describe an event as a kick in the teeth, you are emphasizing that it is very disappointing and upsetting. 重大打擊[非正式]

We've been struggling for years and it's a real kick in the teeth to see a new band make it ahead of us. 我們一直奮鬭了很多年，看到一個新樂隊在我們之前成功，這對我們是個重大打擊。

14. to kick up a fuss→see fuss