/kɪl ||; kɪl/verb1 [I,T] to make sb/sth die 致死: Smoking kills. 吸烟可以致命。She was killed instantly in the crash. 她在这起撞车事故里当场死亡。 ☞ Murder means to kill a person on purpose This was no accident. The old lady was murdered. Assassinate means to kill for political reasons President Kennedy was assassinated. Slaughter and massacre mean to kill a large number of people Hundreds of people were massacred when the army opened fire on the crowd. Slaughter is also used of killing an animal for food. 谋杀叫murder：This was no accident. The old lady was murdered.这决不是意外，老太太是被人谋杀的。行刺或暗杀叫assassinate：President Kennedy was assassinated.肯尼迪总统被人行刺而死。屠杀叫slaughter或massacre：Hundreds of people were massacred when the army opened fire on the crowd.军队向群众开火，导致数以百计的人死亡。屠宰叫slaughter。
2 [T] (informal 非正式) to cause sb pain; to hurt 使疼痛: My feet are killing me. 我的脚痛得要命。
3 [T] to cause sth to end or fail 使完结；使失败: The minister's opposition killed the idea stone dead. 部长反对，这个构思便吹了。
4 [T] (spoken 口语) to be very angry with sb （对某人）很生气: My mum will kill me when she sees this mess. 我妈妈一见弄得这么乱七八糟，准会冲着我大发脾气。
5 [T] (informal 非正式)kill yourself/sb to make yourself/sb laugh a lot 逗得自己或某人大笑不已: We were killing ourselves laughing. 我们快笑死了。
kill time, an hour, etc to spend time doing sth that is not interesting or important while you are waiting for sth else to happen 打发时间，有一个小时…得消磨（指等待时）
kill two birds with one stone to do one thing which will achieve two results 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得
kill sth off to cause sth to die or to not exist any more 使死亡；使灭绝