killer

英 [ˈkɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈkɪlər]

n.  杀人者; 杀手; 导致死亡的人(或动物、事物); 棘手的事; 令人激动的事物; 精彩的事物

复数：killers　

IELTS计算机

Collins.3 / BNC.3690 / COCA.2613

牛津词典

noun

• 杀人者；杀手；导致死亡的人（或动物、事物）
  a person, an animal or a thing that kills
  1. Police are hunting his killer.
     警方正在追捕杀害他的凶手。
  2. Heart disease is the biggest killer in Scotland.
     心脏病是苏格兰的头号杀手。
  3. an electric insect killer
     电杀虫器
  4. The players lacked the killer instinct .
     这些运动员缺乏门前的嗅觉。
• 棘手的事；令人激动的事物；精彩的事物
  something that is very difficult, very exciting or very skilful
  1. The exam was a real killer.
     这考试可真费劲。
  2. The new movie is a killer.
     这部新影片精彩极了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杀人者；杀手
  Akilleris a person who has killed someone, or who intends to kill someone.
  1. The police are searching for his killers...
     警方正在搜捕杀害他的凶手。
  2. He's a psychopath, a killer.
     他是个精神变态杀人者。
• N-COUNT 导致死亡的事物
  You can refer to something that causes death or is likely to cause death as akiller.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin
  Synonym:killer whaleorcagrampussea wolfOrcinus orca
• a difficulty that is hard to deal with
  1. that exam was a real killer
• someone who causes the death of a person or animal
  Synonym:slayer
• the causal agent resulting in death
  1. heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States
  Synonym:cause of death

双语例句

• You really will be a killer.
  你就真成了个杀人犯了。
• You may go, I know who the killer is, absolutely not suicide!
  你可以回去了，我知道凶手是谁了，绝对不是自杀！
• So if it's not there now, the killer has it. Right?
  如果它现在不在那里，就在凶手那里。是吧？
• The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
  查明杀手身份的重要线索是他的外号叫“花生”。
• He's no killer. somebody's made a mistake.
  他不会杀人，有人搞错了。
• The killer may have returned to the scene of the crime to cover his tracks.
  凶手可能曾回到犯罪现场掩盖自己的罪行。
• It's a film about a serial killer and not for the faint-hearted.
  这部电影是讲一个连环杀手的，不适合胆小的人看。
• Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date
  警方强调这是迄今对凶手最精确的描述。
• The firm last night offered a £ 10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
  昨晚这家公司悬赏1万英镑，寻找能将凶手定罪的证据。
• It was odds-on that there was no killer.
  十之八九根本就没有凶手。