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单词 shellacking
释义 sheˈllac(k)ing, vbl. n. Chiefly U.S.
[f. shellac v. + -ing1.]
1. A coating of shellac.
1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 104 It..saves time when used instead of waxing or shellacing.
2. A beating or thrashing, a ‘pasting’; a defeat. slang.
1931E. H. Lavine Third Degree x. 121 When this method failed, as it invariably did, he would leave the room and the shellacking continued.1941Sun (Baltimore) 18 Sept. 13/1 The main bulk of the Twenty-ninth Division handed the One Hundred and Fifteenth Regimental Combat Team a shellacking on the combat range today.1956W. H. Whyte Organisation Man ii. 22 By the time of the First World War the Protestant Ethic had taken a shellacking from which it would not recover.1960T. McLean Kings of Rugby 56 ‘Ronnie’ left the field to run into the greatest shellacking he had ever had.1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxxiii. 351 The Japs can't recover from the shellacking they took at Midway.
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