I'm going to have to knuckle down to some serious study. 我得开始认认真真地学习了。，knuck丨e 'under (to sb/ sth) (/Vj/owjfl/) to accept sb else’s authority 屈服；认输 knuckleduster /'nAkldAsta(r)/ noun (NAmE also .brass 'knuckles [pi.]) a metal cover that is put on the fingers and used as a weapon指节金属套’{用作武器） knuckle-head /'nAklhed/ noun [NAmE, informat) a person who behaves in a. stupid way 笨蛋;-傻瓜 .knuckle 'sandwich noun {slang) a punch in the mouth对准嘴巴的一拳

KO (also kayo) /,kei _ou/ knockout 击倒

koala /kau'aila; NAmEkou-l (also ko,ala 'bear) noun an Australian animal with thick grey fur, large ears and no tail. Koalas live in trees and eat leaves.树袋熊；考拉 —picture o page R28

kofta /'kofta; NAmE 'ka:f-; 'ko:f-/ noun [U, ,G] a S Asian dish of meat, fish or cheese mixed with spices, crushed and shaped into balls; one of these balls 柯夫塔 W用

肉、鱼或干酪加香料压碎调制成丸子的南亚菜肴）；柯夫 塔丸子

kohl /kaul; NAmE koul/ noun [U] a black powder that is used especially in Eastern countries. It is put around the eyes to make them more attractive.黑色眼影粉（尤

指东方人用的>

kohlrabi球茎甘蓝

kohlrabi /.kaul'raibi; NAmE ,koul-/ noun [U] a vegetable of the cabbage family whose thick round white stem is eaten球垄甘蓝；茎蓝

koi /koi/ noun {pi. koi) a large fish originally from Japan, often kept in ^sh ponds锦鲤（观赏鱼，源自日本）

'kola nut noun = cola nut

kombi (also combi) /'kombi; NAmE 'ka:m-/ noun [SAfr£) a vehicle that looks like a van, has windows at the sides and carries about ten people康比小客车（可乘坐约

十人）

Ko-modo dragon /ka.maudau 'draegan; NAmE ka.moodou/ noun a very large lizard from Indonesia 科莫多龙，科莫多巨蜥（产于印度尼西亚） kook /ku:k/ noun {informal, especially NAm£) a person who acts in a strange or crazy way 运人；狂人► kooky adj.

kooka.burra /’kukabAra; AM/r?f -b3:ra/ now/? an Australian bird that makes a strange laughing cry 笑翠鸟 （产

于澳$利亚）

Koori /'kuari; NAmE 'kuri/ noun {Austral£) an Aboriginal person from the south-east of Australia (澳大利亚东南

部的）土著人

kop /kDp; NAmE ka:p/ noun 1 {SAfrE, informal) a head 头；脑袋 2 (M/r£) (especially in place names 尤h 于地名） a hill 小山 3 (usually the Kop) (8r£) an area of steps at a football (soccer) team’s ground where that team’s supporters used to stand to watch the game (足球队主 场的1主队球迷看台

kop-pie /_kDpi; /V/\/r?£，ka:pi/ /701//1 (S4/r£) a small hill 小山；小丘：They went/or a wiWc up the fco即fe.他们

去小山上散步了。

”23 kryptonite

kora /'ko:ra/ noun a W African musical instrument with 21 strings that pass over a bowl-shaped body and are attached to a long wooden part 科拉琴西非 21 弦乐

器，状似竖琴厂

Koran (also Qur^n) /ka'rain/ noun the Koran [sing.] the holy book of the Islamic religion, written in Arabic, containing the word of Allah as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad《'古兰经》；:《可兰经》> Kor.an- ic /ke'raemk/ adj.

korf-ball /'koifborl; NAmE 'koirf-/ noun [U] a game similar to basketball, played by two teams of eight players, four men and four women合球，荷兰式篮球运动，科尔 夫球⁽比赛欢方各由四男四女组队） koi*ma /'koima; N/\mf'koirma/ noun [U, C] a S Asian dish or sauce made with cream or yogurt, and often ALMONDS奶油（或;酸奶）浸肉（常加有杏伫的南亚咖哩 菜肴或调味汁丨：chicken fcormc[奶油浸鸡肉 ko-sher /'kauj3(r); NAmE 'kou-/ adj. 1 (of food ^ #j) prepared according to the rules of Jewish law 合礼的 (合乎犹太教教规及礼仪要求的）2 honest or

legal 诚实的；合法的：TTieir business deaZs are not aZways comp〖etdy fcos/ier.他们的商业活动并不总是光明 正大的。

kow-tow /.kau'tau/ verb [V] ~ (to sb/sth) {informal, disap- prov/Vjg) to show sb in authority too mucli respect and be too willing to obey them 叩 i;碹头;卑躬屈膝；唯

命是从

KP /,kei 'pi:/ noun [U] [NAm£) work done by soldiers in the kitchen, usually as a punishment (常作为士兵惩罚 的）伙房帮厨：The sergeant assigned hi‘m to KP.'中士 派他下扶•去帮厨。【•】“【_■ From ‘kitchen police’，a name for the soldiers•源自 kitchen police (蒂厨兵） 一词。

kph /,kei pi: 'eitj/ kilometres per hour 每小时所行 千米（或公里）数；千米每小时 kraal /kra:l/ noun [SAfr£) 1 a traditional African village of huts surrounded by a fence栅栏村庄（传统的非洲茅 屋村庄 > 2 an area surrounded by a fence in which animals are kept 牲畜栏：a catrte /crad 牛栏 krait /krait/ not//? a poisonous Asian snake 环蛇（毒 蛇，见于亚洲）

kra-ken /'kraikan/ noun an extremely large imaginary creature which is said to appear in the sea near Norway (虚构的出没于挪威附近的）北海巨妖 ut /kraut/ /?ow/? (taboo, s/<7/7g) an offensive word for a person from Germany德齒姥；德国鬼子 krill /kril/ noun [pi.] very small shellfish that live in the sea around the Antarctic and are eaten by whales g极磷虾；磷虾

kris /kri:s/ noun a Malay or Indonesian knife with a blade with little curves on its edge (马来或印度尼西亚

p)波状I刃短剑，波形刀

Kriss Kringle /,kris 'krirjgl/ noun {NAm£) = Father Christmas【•川.【州“ From Christkindl, the German for ‘Christ child’.源自表示“幼年基督”的德语词 ChristkindU

krona /'krauna; NAmE 'krouna/ noun {pi. kro-nor /-no:(r); •na(r)/) title unit of money in Sweden and Iceland 克齒

(瑞典和冰岛货币单位）

krone /'krauna; 'krouna/ noun {pi. kro-ner /-na(r)/) the unit of money in Denmark and Norway 克朗（兵*

和挪威货币单位）

krumm-horn (also crum-horn) /'krAmhoin; NAmE -ho:rn/ noun an early musical instrument consisting of a tube that is curved at the end, which you play by blowing into it克朗号（早期的双簧管） kryp-ton /'kriptun; NAmE -ta:n/ noun [U] {symb Kr) a chemical element. Krypton is a gas that does not react with anything, used in fluorescent lights and lasers. 氪；氪气i

kryp-ton-ite /'kriptanait/ noun [U] a chemical element that exists only in stories, especially in stories about Superman, a character with special powers which he loses when he is near to kryptonite 氣（仅存在于超人等

故事中的化学元素，超人若接近此元素即丧失超常能力>