1 [T] to hit or move sb/sth with your foot 踢:
He kicked the ball wide of the net.他把球踢得离网很远。The police kicked the door down.警察把门踢倒了。
2 [I,T] to move your foot or feet 踢腿:
You must kick harder if you want to swim faster.必须更用力踢腿才可以游得快一点。
kick the habit to stop doing sth harmful that you have done for a long time 戒掉恶习
kick yourself to be annoyed with yourself because you have done sth stupid, missed an opportunity, etc (因干了傻事、失去机会等而)责备自己,懊悔
make, kick up, etc a fuss→FUSS¹
kick off to start a game of football (足球)开球
kick sb out (of sth)(informal 非正式) to force sb to leave a place 开除:
to be kicked out of university被大学开除
*kick²
/kɪk ||; kɪk/noun[C]
1 an act of kicking 踢:
She gave the door a kick and it closed.她用脚一踢就把门关上了。
2 (informal 非正式) a feeling of great pleasure, excitement, etc 痛快;刺激;兴奋:
He seems to get a real kick out ofdriving fast.他似乎觉得开快车很刺激。
kick1/kIk; kIk/v 1 [T] to hit or move something with your foot 踢: kick sth into/out of/around etc sth Billy was kicking a ball around the yard. 比利在院子里踢球。kick sth down The police kicked the door down. 警察把门踢倒了。see picture on page 见 A11 页图2 [I,T] to move your legs quickly forwards or backwards 踢蹬: a baby kicking its legs 踢腿蹬脚的婴儿He kicked off his shoes and lay on the bed. 他踢掉鞋子﹐躺到床上。3 kick yourself spoken to be annoyed with yourself because you have done something silly, made a mistake etc【口】〔因做了蠢事﹑犯了错等〕责备自己﹐生自己的气: You’ll kick yourself when I tell you the answer. 我把答案告诉你的话﹐你会懊恼的。4 kick the habit to stop doing something such as smoking, taking drugs etc 戒除恶习: smokers who want to kick the habit 想戒烟的烟民5 kick up a fussinformal to complain loudly about something【非正式】〔因不满某事而〕大吵大闹kick in phr v informal to begin to have an effect【非正式】开始产生效果: Those pills should kick in any time now. 那些药丸现在随时都可能产生药力。kick off phr v informal to start, or to make an event start【非正式】(使)〔某活动〕开始: +with The festivities will kick off with a barbecue dinner. 节庆活动将以烧烤野餐开始。kick sb out phr v informal to make someone leave a place, job etc【非正式】开除﹔逐出: +of He was kicked out of college for taking cocaine. 他因吸食可卡因被大学开除了。
kick2n [C] 1 an action of hitting something with your foot 踢﹔蹬: Brazil scored with the last kick of the match. 巴西队在比赛中最后一记射门得分。If the gate won’t open, just give it a good kick . 如果大门打不开﹐用力踹一脚就行了。2 informal a feeling of pleasure and excitement【非正式】极大的乐趣﹔极度刺激: Alan gets a real kick out of skiing. 阿伦从滑雪中获得了极大的乐趣。do sth for kicks She started stealing for kicks. 她开始偷窃来寻求刺激。FREE KICK
kickkickkicks2noun1a movement with your foot or your leg, usually to hit something with your foot: If the door won't open, give it a kick.2(informal) a feeling of excitement: He gets a kick out of driving fast cars.kickkickkickskickedkicking1verb (kicks, kicking, kicked)1to hit somebody or something with your foot: I kicked the ball to Chris.2to move your foot or feet up and down quickly: The child was kicking and screaming.kick offto start a game of footballkick somebody out (informal) to make somebody leave a place: The boys were kicked out of the cinema because they were noisy.