| 单词 | beat |
| 释义 | Word Frequency beat(biːt) verbWord forms: beats, beating, beat, beaten or beat 1. (when intr, often foll by against, on, etc) to strike with or as if with a series of violent blows; dash or pound repeatedly (against) 2. (transitive) to punish by striking; flog 3. to move or cause to move up and down; flap the bird beat its wings heavily 4. (intransitive) to throb rhythmically; pulsate her heart beat fast 5. (transitive) to make (one's way) by or as if by blows she beat her way out of the crowd 6. (transitive; sometimes foll by up) cookery to stir or whisk (an ingredient or mixture) vigorously 7. (transitive; sometimes foll by out) to shape, make thin, or flatten (a piece of metal) by repeated blows 8. (transitive) music to indicate (time) by the motion of one's hand, baton, etc, or by the action of a metronome 9. (when tr, sometimes foll by out) to produce (a sound or signal) by or as if by striking a drum 10. to sound or cause to sound, by or as if by beating beat the drums! 11. to overcome (an opponent) in a contest, battle, etc 12. (tr; often foll by back, down, off etc) to drive, push, or thrust 13. (transitive) to arrive or finish before (someone or something); anticipate or forestall they set off early to beat the rush hour 14. (transitive) to form (a path or track) by repeatedly walking or riding over it 15. to scour (woodlands, coverts, or undergrowth) so as to rouse game for shooting 16. (transitive) slang to puzzle or baffle it beats me how he can do that 17. (intransitive) physics (of sounds or electrical signals) to combine and produce a pulsating sound or signal 18. (intransitive) nautical to steer a sailing vessel as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing 19. (transitive) slang, mainly US to cheat or defraud he beat his brother out of the inheritance 20. beat about the bush 21. beat a retreat 22. beat it 23. beat one's breast 24. beat someone's brains out 25. beat someone to it 26. beat the bounds 27. can you beat it? noun 28. a stroke or blow 29. the sound made by a stroke or blow 30. a regular sound or stroke; throb 31. a. an assigned or habitual round or route, as of a police officer or sentry b. (as modifier) beat police officers 32. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music, usually grouped in twos, threes, or fours 33. a. pop or rock music characterized by a heavy rhythmic beat b. (as modifier) a beat group 34. physics the low regular frequency produced by combining two sounds or electrical signals thathave similar frequencies 35. horology the impulse given to the balance wheel by the action of the escapement 36. prosody the accent, stress, or ictus in a metrical foot 37. nautical a course that steers a sailing vessel as close as possible to the direction from whichthe wind is blowing 38. a. the act of scouring for game by beating b. the organized scouring of a particular woodland so as to rouse the game in it c. the woodland where game is so roused 39. short for beatnik 40. fencing a sharp tap with one's blade on an opponent's blade to deflect it 41. (modifier, often capital) of, characterized by, or relating to the Beat Generation a beat poet beat philosophy adjective 42. (postpositive) slang totally exhausted Derived forms beatable (ˈbeatable) adjective Word origin Old English bēatan; related to Old Norse bauta, Old High German bōzan |
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