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名詞

knockback (plural knockbacks)

1. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
   • 2006, Kelley Armstrong, Broken, unnumbered page:

     He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.

2. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
   • 2011, Lee Hobin, God, Why Are You Being So Cruel?, page 188:

     […] the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain. […] He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone.

   • 2021 September 22, Clive Nicholls, “National Rail Awards 2021”, in RAIL, number 940, page 35:

     Despite all the knockbacks from COVID, as an industry we are ready for the turnaround and more than ready to welcome back passengers returning from lockdown.

3. (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.

   He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

   • 1987, Rupert Lockwood, War on the Waterfront: Menzies, Japan, and the Pig-Iron Dispute, page 199:

     The only other knockback in the Port Kembla-Wollongong district was from Benny Westwood of the Advance Tyre Service. He, too, ordered us off the premises.

   • 1995, Heather Hogarth, Your First Job: Getting It, Keeping It, and Going Further, MacMillan Education Australia, page 82,

     So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for.

   • 2010, Chris Rau, Dealing With the Media: A Handbook for Students, Activists, Community Groups and Anyone Who Can′t Afford a Spin Doctor, page 3:

     They asked matter-of-fact questions about harrowing tales that the victims had been trying to tell other media outlets, only to receive knockback after knockback for more than a year.

   • 2010, Tony Parsons, Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast, unnumbered page:

     Nicole Kidman got a knockback because Su-Man was too busy whipping a certain Oscar-winning French actress into shape.

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動詞

knock back (third-person singular simple present knocks back, present participle knocking back, simple past and past participle knocked back)

1. (transitive) To stun; to surprise.

   I was knocked back by the sheer size of the hall.

2. (transitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often; to finish a beverage.

   My friends were already knocking back drinks when I arrived at the bar.

3. (transitive) To push or strike someone or something backward with force.

   The impact of the collision knocked him back several feet.

4. (transitive) To withstand or endure a difficult situation or setback.

   Despite facing numerous challenges, she managed to knock them back and keep moving forward.

5. (transitive) To achieve a significant accomplishment or success.

   Their latest album really knocked it back and received critical acclaim.

6. (transitive, UK, Australia) To reject; to refuse.

   How many job seekers did you knock back today?

7. (transitive, baking) To press or knead (dough) so as to remove air bubbles.