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

• 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。
• The serial killer claimed to have killed 400 people.
  那名连环杀手声称已经杀了400人。
• 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。
• Now I am ready to catch a killer.
  我现在准备好抓凶手了。
• 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。
• Cannibal killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been caught trying to hide a razor blade in his cell.
  食人杀手杰弗里·达默被抓到试图将一片剃须刀片藏在牢房里。
• He's no killer. somebody's made a mistake.
  他不会杀人，有人搞错了。
• 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。
• Police believe the killer punched her to death with his bare hands
  警方认为她是被凶手活活用拳头打死的。
• The killer says he will strike again
  凶手称他还会再次下手。