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knock off

/nok-awf, -of/US // ˈnɒkˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

收工,淘汰,淘汰赛,敲诈勒索

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of knocking off.
    • : an unlicensed copy of something, especially fashion clothing, intended to be sold at a lower price than the original.

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Examples

  • There was a sense of shared recognition that scaling something that is new for the market that is really special and new, not not just another knockoff … It’s difficult and there’s going to be a lot of failure and it’s gonna be a lot of frustration.

  • A year of watching theater online had left me feeling as if I had been forever condemned to crave my favorite brand and had to settle for a knockoff.

  • The aging, yellow brick residential Portsmouth Hotel sits among knockoff watch dealers here, while a block away, a giant construction crane hoists materials skyward for new luxury apartments.

  • Chick-fil-AThe fast food chicken sandwich that launched a thousand knockoffs was an early favorite, “politics aside,” as Aaron said.

  • The market is saturated with knockoffs, and that particular style doesn’t feel special anymore.

  • But one former company insider says knockoff screws were mixed in with real ones.

  • And it is nearly impossible to trace each knockoff to each patient or to confirm how many were affected.

  • The money they spent on researching, designing, and marketing their goods is lost to a cheaper knockoff.

  • In both word and deed, pro football serves as a culturally sanctioned knockoff of the military.

  • I blogged earlier about The Knockoff Economy, and today the authors are talking about cookbooks.