单词 | whipping |
释义 | whipping From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhippingwhip‧ping /ˈwɪpɪŋ/ noun [countable usually singular]PUNISHa punishment given to someone by whipping themExamples from the Corpuswhipping• A record is said to exist of a whipping which took place in 1624, when a man was whipped to death.• He hated crowds and dreaded the Sunday service and its aftermath, which was usually a good whipping.• A judge allowed the appeal after a vet told the court that whipping could have encouraged the horse to free itself.• Some rules exist about these whippings and a number of public statements have been made by the school administration in their defense. |
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