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killer

英 ['kɪlə] 美['kɪlɚ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词gangster butcher

n. 杀手；致死；止痛药；宰杀的器具；断路器
n. (Killer)人名；(德、匈、捷)基勒

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词态变化

复数: killers;

英英释意

1. someone who causes the death of a person or animal

2. the causal agent resulting in death;: "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"

3. a difficulty that is hard to deal with;: "that exam was a real killer"

4. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

英文词源

killer (n.): late 15c., agent noun from kill (v.). But a surname, Ric[hard] Le Kyller is attested from 1288. Figurative use from 1550s. Meaning "impressive person or thing" is by 1900 (as an adjective, 1979); reduplicated form killer-diller attested by 1938. Killer whale is from 1725; killer instinct is attested from 1931, originally in boxing.

考试真题

As one of the most brutal predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.

As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey.

like humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different habitats across the globe, occupying every ocean basin on the planet, with an empire that extend from pole to pole.

There's no better example of this than killer whales.

To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers Out there, with outsourcing（外包）stealing far more jobs than automation.

It stands in sharp contrast to Sanchez, this other gadget, a gas powered flame we killer, invented in 1997.

Hollywood's theory that machines with evil minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly.

Researchers have found electrical lines are big killers of California condors.

实用场景例句

Police are hunting his killer.: 警方正在追捕杀害他的凶手。

Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland.: 心脏病是苏格兰的头号杀手。

an electric insect killer: 电杀虫器

The players lacked the killer instinct .: 这些运动员缺乏门前的嗅觉。

The exam was a real killer.: 这考试可真费劲。

The new movie is a killer.: 这部新影片精彩极了。

The police are searching for his killers...: 警方正在搜捕杀害他的凶手。

He's a psychopath, a killer.: 他是个精神变态杀人者。

Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in most developed countries.: 在多数发达国家，心脏病是导致人们死亡的头号杀手。

Certain souls bemused with their own power and began to experiment with it.: 某些灵魂对它们自己的力量感到困惑,开始试验这种力量.

That green dress is a real killer.: 那件绿衣服真好看.

The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.: 杀人犯用枕头闷死了受害者.

Detectives leading the hunt for the killer believe he may be in hiding.: 指挥追捕的侦探认为杀人凶手可能躲起来了.

Heart attacks have become Britain's No. 1 killer disease.: 心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病.

He is a hired killer.: 他是一个受雇的杀手.

The killer committed monstrous acts.: 那个嗜杀成性的凶手犯下了骇人听闻的罪行.

The killer was merciless.: 凶手残酷无情.

The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.: 大量证据证明是他杀死她的.

a cold and calculating killer: 一个工于心计的冷酷杀手

The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer.: 警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。

The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer.: 警方正努力调查杀人凶手的身份。