killer

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n. (非正式)杀人者, 屠杀者, 猛兽, 致死(疾病), 杀手, 止痛药, 限制器, 瞄准器 [计] 删除程序; 断路器

发音

UK /ˈkɪlə(ɹ)/
UK /ˈkʰɪlə(ɹ)/
US /ˈkɪlɚ/
US /ˈkʰɪɫlɚ/

词形变化

killers 复数 killers more killer 比较级 most killer 最高级

别名

killa killah

教材释义与例句

名词

杀手；致死；止痛药；宰杀的器具；断路器

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    One who or that which kills.

    杀手

    凶手

    杀人犯

    可数 不可数

    There’s a killer on the loose.

    My cat is a habitual bird killer.

    Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.

  2. 2.

    That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    That test was a killer.

    The final hill in the race course was a killer.

  3. 3.

    Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.

  4. 4.

    A remarkably impressive person or thing.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  5. 5.

    A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

    不可数 体育 可数
  6. 6.

    Ellipsis of killer whale.

    可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    A club used for killing fish.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Excellent, very good, cool.

    俚语

    killer feature

    killer view

  2. 2.

    Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.

    killer bee

    killer robot

  3. 3.

    Distressing, uncomfortable.

    I had a killer headache this morning.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

slayer orca cause of death grampus killer whale sea wolf

上位词 7

cause actor worker difficulty dolphin doer difficultness

下位词 10

suicide murderer executioner terminator strangler exterminator poisoner choker eradicator felo de se

相关短语

killer whale n. [动]逆戟鲸,虎鲸 killer cancel killer application 杀手级应用（促使人们购买或使用其操作系统等的受欢迎计算机程序） killer app killer poke killer game killer T cell un. 杀伤T细胞 [网络] 杀手T细胞；杀细胞给你看 killer cancels killer T cells killer whales killer bees killer games killer bee n. <美>杀人蜂, 设法使收购者作罢的投资银行

词源

From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.

来源：wiktionary