| 单词 | bashing |
| 释义 | -bashing (-bæʃɪŋ) 1. combining form -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to strong, public, and often unfair criticism of the people or group mentioned. [journalism, disapproval] Tory-bashing or Labour-bashing will not be enough to shift bored, suspicious voters. 2. combining form -bashing combines with nouns to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the activity of violentlyattacking the people mentioned just because they belong to a particular group or community. [disapproval] ...an outburst of violent gay-bashing in New York and other cities. 3. See also bash -bashing in British Englishcombining form in adjective, combining form in countable noun informal a. indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group gay-bashing union-bashing b. indicating any of various other activities Bible-bashing spud-bashing square-bashing Derived forms -basher combining form in countable noun -bashing in American English (ˈbæʃɪŋ) the act or process of attacking or abusing, as with blows or, esp., with words used freely in nonce constructions [union-bashing]bashing in American English (ˈbæʃɪŋ) noun 1. the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing a series of unsolved bashings and robberies 2. a decisive defeat We gave the visiting team a good bashing 3. (used in combination) a. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group gay-bashing b. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation feminist-bashing America-bashing Word origin [1725–35; bash + ing1]Examples of '-bashing' in a sentence |
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