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

• 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。
• The judge condemned the killer to spend all his life in prison.
  法官宣判那位杀手终身监禁。
• The police knew that to trap the killer they had to play him at his own game.
  警方清楚他们必须将计就计才能逮住那个杀人凶手。
• He's no killer. somebody's made a mistake.
  他不会杀人，有人搞错了。
• Police have not apprehended her killer.
  警察还未抓获谋杀她的凶手。
• He quit the sport when he realised he didn't have the killer instinct.
  当意识到自己缺乏好胜心后他放弃了运动员生涯。
• 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。
• Now I am ready to catch a killer.
  我现在准备好抓凶手了。
• He's a psychopath, a killer.
  他是个精神变态杀人者。
• Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year.
  心脏病是头号杀手，每年夺去18万条生命。