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

• The killer says he will strike again
  凶手称他还会再次下手。
• 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 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 are in the race that they will soon find the killer.
  警方很可能找到凶手。
• 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。
• The hunt for her killer will continue, with police aided by the army and air force.
  警方将在陆军和空军的帮助下，继续追踪谋杀她的凶手。