killing
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/us/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/B1
anoccasionwhen apersonismurdered:
谋杀aseriesofbrutalkillings一系列残忍的谋杀
- He wasconvictedof her killing.
- They areaccusedofterriblekillings.
- Policeareinvestigatingthe killings.
- Thecommunityisstunnedby the killing.
- Thesebrutalkillings must beavenged.
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- smother
- snuff
Idiom
make a killing
killing
adjective
uk/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/us/ˈkɪl.ɪŋ/killingadjective(EFFORT)
informal
making youfeelextremelytired:
令人筋疲力尽的We had to do some killingstomachexerciseslastnight.昨晚我们不得不做一些极为累人的腹部运动。
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tricky
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
killingadjective(FUNNY)
old-fashioned
extremelyfunny:
极其滑稽可笑的She told us a killingstoryabout herweddingday.她给我们讲了她婚礼当天一件非常滑稽的事。
Humour & humorous
- amusingly
- barrel
- blackly
- bone dryidiom
- bring
- broadness
- facetious
- hilarious
- jocular
- joker
- jokester
- non-serious
- photobomb
- photobombing
- playfully
- playfulness
- rib-tickling
- ridiculous
- uproarious
- wag