| 单词 | thrash |
| 释义 | thrash (θræʃ ) Word forms: thrashes , thrashing , thrashed 1. verb If one player or team thrashes another in a game or contest, they defeat them easily or by a large score. [informal] The team thrashed their opponents 5-nil. [V n amount] 2. verb If you thrash someone, you hit them several times as a punishment. The school has dismissed the teacher, who is said to have thrashed pupils with sticks. [VERB noun] 3. verb If someone thrashes about, or thrashes their arms or legs about, they move in a wild or violent way, often hitting against something. You can also say that someone's arms or legs thrash about. Many of the crew died a terrible death as they thrashed about in shark-infested waters. [VERB adverb/preposition] ...dreams so vivid that I thrash inside my sleeping bag and cry out. [VERB adverb/preposition] Jimmy collapsed on the floor, thrashing his legs about like an injured racehorse. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] Synonyms: thresh, flail, jerk, plunge 4. verb If a person or thing thrashes something, or thrashes at something, they hit it continually in a violent or noisy way. ...a magnificent paddle-steamer on the mighty Mississippi, her huge wheel thrashing the muddy water. [VERB noun] Three shaggy-haired men thrash tunelessly at their guitars. [VERB + at] Thrash is also a noun. ...the thrash of the horses' hooves. 5. countable noun A thrash is a party. [British, informal] Harry always invited Charlie when he threw a thrash in his office. 6. See also thrashing Phrasal verbs: thrash out 1. phrasal verb If people thrash out something such as a plan or an agreement, they decide on it after a great deal of discussion. The foreign ministers have thrashed out a suitable compromise formula. [VERB PARTICLE noun] How foreign fund-managers will be compensated has yet to be thrashed out. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If people thrash out a problem or a dispute, they discuss it thoroughly until they reach an agreement. ...a sincere effort by two people to thrash out differences. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Translations: Chinese: 轻松击败在比赛或竞赛中 Japanese: 打ち負かす |
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