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. 他用力踢门。

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

2. N-COUNT Kick is also a noun. 踢

He suffered a kick to the knee. 他的膝盖被踢了一脚。

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. 我去踢球却踢空了。

He kicked the ball away. 他把球踢开了。

4. N-COUNT Kick is also a noun. 踢

He missed an easy kick. 他错失很容易的一脚球。

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. 踢动

They were dragged away struggling and kicking. 他们又挣又踢地被拖走了。

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

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

As its rider tried to free it, the horse kicked out and rolled over, crushing her. 当骑手设法把它放开的时候，那匹马一阵踢，又一打滚，把她压伤了。

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. …像康康舞演员一样把他的腿高高踢起。

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. 戒绝 (恶习)[非正式]

She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value. 她已经戒掉吸毒的恶习，懂得了她的生命有价值。

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

I got a kick out of seeing my name in print. 看到我的名字被印成铅字，我感到非常兴奋。

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. 最后我就是不忍对吉米落井下石。

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

They made a few small bets for kicks. 为了追求刺激，他们下了几个小赌注。

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. 极不情愿[强调]

He had to be dragged kicking and screaming into action. 他非要被强迫着极不情愿地去做事。

13. PHRASE If you describe an event as a kick in the teeth, you are emphasizing that it is very disappointing and upsetting. 重大打击[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. 我们一直奋斗了很多年，看到一个新乐队在我们之前成功，这对我们是个重大打击。

14. to kick up a fuss→see fuss