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You can picture 'kick' as a leg swinging out hard and striking — a sudden, thrust of the foot. Two things travel out from that picture. One is the literal foot-blow itself (hitting a ball, thrashing your legs) and a swarm of that simply paint a kick onto life — kicking a habit, kicking someone when they're down, kicking the bucket. The other is the leftover 'jolt' of that blow lifted off the foot: the sudden rush of excitement a thrill gives you, the sharp bite of a strong drink, the hard knock of a disappointment, the shove of strong words that get you moving.

可以把「kick」想成一條腿用力一甩、狠狠撞上去——腳突然有力地一踢。從這幅畫面有兩條線散出去。一條是真正的腳踢本身…更多收起可以把「kick」想成一條腿用力一甩、狠狠撞上去——腳突然有力地一踢。從這幅畫面有兩條線散出去。一條是真正的腳踢本身（踢球、亂蹬腿），加上一大堆只是把「踢」這個動作畫到生活上的慣用語——踢掉壞習慣、對倒下的人補一腳、踢水桶（過世）。另一條是把那一踢留下的「衝勁」從腳上提起來：刺激帶來的那股突然的興奮、烈酒嗆喉的那一下、失望像被重重一擊、強硬的話像在背後推你一把。

原始詞典資料35 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

kickverb詞源 1/kɪk/

  • 1

    To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

    • Did you kick your brother?
    • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes, I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.
  • 2

    To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

    • He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
    • Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
  • 3

    To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

    • Kick the ball into the goal.
    • Sometimes he can kick the ball forward along the ground until it is kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.
  • 4

    To eject summarily.

    • "He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."
    • They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.
  • 5

    To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

    • She was kicked from the IRC server for flooding.
  • 6

    slangTo overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

    • I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
  • 7

    To move or push suddenly and violently.

    • He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
    • The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.
  • 8

    To recoil; to push by recoiling.

    • Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.
    • I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick"?
另外 7 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    board-gameschessgamesTo attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

  • 10

    cyclinghobbieslifestyleTo accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

    • Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.
  • 11

    To show opposition or resistance.

    • "My expenses always are reasonable—I mean there is always a reason for them. But I notice that you don't kick at the other item. That doesn't look as if you were exactly optimistic of striking a gold mine, Joolby."
  • 12

    Of an engine, to engage; to start.

    • The grey Bentley convertible, the 1933 4½-litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger, had been brought round a few minutes earlier from the garage where he kept it and the engine had kicked directly he pressed the self-starter.
  • 13

    historicalmediaprintingpublishingTo work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.

  • 14

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo reset (a watchdog timer).

    • In the meantime, it is possible for the embedded software to “kick” the watchdog timer, to reset its counter to the original large number.
    • From now on the process has to periodically kick the watchdog timer in intervals shorter than the initialization interval.
  • 15

    informalTo reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.

    • He's still kicking himself for not investing three years ago.

kicknoun詞源 1/kɪk/

  • 1

    A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.

    • A kick to the knee.
    • A kick of his boot-heel sent the door flying into the room.
  • 2

    The action of swinging a foot or leg.

    • The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
  • 3

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe action of swinging a foot or leg.

    • These boys all use a kick similar to the kick presented here however, in some cases it is less modified than in others.
  • 4

    Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.

    • I finally saw the show. What a kick!
    • I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick.
  • 5

    The removal of a person from an online activity.

  • 6

    computer-hardwarecomputingengineeringThe act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.

  • 7

    Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

    • The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
    • The pool ball took a wild kick, up off the table.
  • 8

    A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.

    • Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick.
    • For extra kick, hollow out a lime, float it on top of the drink, and fill it with tequila.
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.

  • 10

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesA pass played by kicking with the foot.

  • 11

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesThe distance traveled by kicking the ball.

    • a long kick up the field.
  • 12

    The recoil of a gun.

  • 13

    informalA pocket.

    • Some nights I’d try my luck in the crap game and wind up with a grand or more in my kick.
    • Her mind couldn’t lose sight of […]the bloodied nickel plated pistol Angie had in his kick.
  • 14

    An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.

  • 15

    broadcastingfilmmediaSynonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).

  • 16

    datedhistoricalSixpence.

    • Two and a kick—two shillings and a kick.
    • That's the stuff that will do the trick / Sold at every chemist for one and a kick
  • 17

    A shoe.

    • All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / You better run, better run, outrun my gun

kickverb詞源 2/kɪk/

  • 1

    To die.

    • Who knows what will happen to his billions when the eighty-five-year-old kicks, but before he leaves the planet, Moon reportedly is hell-bent on creating a holy land in North Korea, dedicated to him.

kickverb詞源 3/kɪk/

  • 1

    slangTo be emphatically excellent.

    • That band really kicks.

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