| 释义 | [ bee-ting ] / ˈbi tɪŋ /SEE SYNONYMS FOR beating ON THESAURUS.COM 
 nounthe act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.: Give the rug a good beating. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback: Several stocks took a beating in the market today. pulsation; throbbing: the beating of her heart.Origin of beatingFirst recorded in 1200–50, beating is from the Middle English word betynge.See beat, -ing1Words nearby beatingbeat hollow, beatific, beatification, beatify, beatinest, beating, beating-up, beat into one's head, beat it, beatitude, BeatitudesDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beatingAnd it is true that since Blair was in power the pub culture has taken a beating. Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEASTIn the Bible, Moses does kill a guy—the Egyptian slave master who is beating an Israelite to death. Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEASTDoctors will likely check more than one location for pulses to determine if the heart is beating. What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEASTOf course, conservative activists took a beating when they tried this in Arizona last year. RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was hunkered down in my seat in the Municipalidad del Cuzco and thrilled—my heart was beating so fast! The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEASTOne of her dogs had strayed, and she was beating the town to find him; but she paused to listen to his tale.A shaft of sunlight had strayed over from the flower field and was loitering on his unpowdered hair, beating it into gold. Through the Gates of Old Romance|W. Jay MillsThe spoilt child was making new arms, like the schoolboy who exercises his muscle to avenge himself after a beating. The Unveiling of Lhasa|Edmund CandlerHe was very soon in the wood: he heard the beating of his own heart. O. T.|Hans Christian AndersenNo one else leant over her, and whispered soothing words to her, or was near enough to hear the flutter of her beating heart. Dombey and Son|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for beating
 nouna whipping or thrashing, as in punishment a defeat or setback take some beating or take a lot of beating to be difficult to improve uponCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beatingdrubbing, whipping, slaughter, defeat, annihilation, bashing, rout, trouncing, shellacking |