knock on: A. intransitive verb ① ▸ to be knocking on (a bit) British informal (growing old) 变老 biànlǎo ▸ the car's knocking on a bit 这辆汽车有点旧了 ② (in rugby) 以手击球 yǐ shǒu jīqiú B. transitive verb ① ▸ British informal (be nearly) to be knocking on 90 快90岁了 kuài 9 0 suì le ▸ it was knocking on midnight when we left 我们离开的时候差不多半夜了 ② ▸ (in rugby) to knock the ball on; 用手击球 yòng shǒu jīqiú |