beating

beat·ing

B0138700 (bē′tĭng)n.1. An act of repeated hitting or striking.2. a. A thorough defeat, as in an athletic contest.b. A sharp reversal; a setback: Stocks took a beating from panicky investors.3. A throbbing or pulsation, as of the heart.4. Physics The periodic variation in amplitude of a wave, especially that produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies, resulting in segments of more intense and then less intense wave phenomena, such as louder and then quieter sound.

beating

(ˈbiːtɪŋ) n1. a whipping or thrashing, as in punishment2. a defeat or setback3. take some beating take a lot of beating to be difficult to improve upon

beat•ing

(ˈbi tɪŋ)

n. 1. the act of a person or thing that beats. 2. a defeat or reverse; loss; setback. 3. pulsation; throbbing. [1200–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beating - the act of overcoming or outdoing whippingfighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
	2.	beating - the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blowswhacking, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, lacingcorporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crimeflogging, lashing, whipping, flagellation, tanning - beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishmentflagellation - beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

beating

noun1. thrashing, hiding (informal), belting (informal), whipping (slang), slapping, tanning, lashing, smacking, caning, pasting (slang), flogging, drubbing, corporal punishment, chastisement the savage beating of a suspect by police officers2. defeat, ruin, overthrow, pasting (slang), conquest, rout, downfall A beating at Wembley would be too much of a trauma for them.3. throb, pounding, pumping, pulse, thumping, vibration, pulsating, palpitation, pulsation High in the stands there came the beating of a drum.

beating

noun1. A punishment dealt with blows or lashes:flogging, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping.Informal: trimming.Slang: licking.2. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment.Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping.Slang: dusting, licking.

Translations

敲打

beat

(biːt) – past tense beat: past participle ˈbeaten – verb1. to strike or hit repeatedly. Beat the drum. (接連地)擊打 （接连地）击打 2. to win against. She beat me in a contest. 戰勝 战胜3. to mix thoroughly. to beat an egg. 攪拌 搅拌4. to move in a regular rhythm. My heart is beating faster than usual. 跳動 跳动5. to mark or indicate (musical time) with a baton etc. A conductor beats time for an orchestra. 打拍子 打拍子 noun1. a regular stroke or its sound. I like the beat of that song. 節奏 敲击声，拍子 2. a regular or usual course. a policeman's beat. 固定的(巡邏)路線 巡逻路线ˈbeater noun 敲打者 敲打者ˈbeating noun 敲打 敲打ˈbeaten adjective1. overcome; defeated. the beaten team; He looked tired and beaten. 被打敗的 打败了的2. mixed thoroughly. beaten egg. 充分攪拌的 充分搅拌的beat about the bush to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision. 旁敲側擊 旁敲侧击beat down1. (of the sun) to give out great heat. The sun's rays beat down on us. (太陽)發散酷熱 （太阳）直射，烤晒 2. to (force to) lower a price by bargaining. We beat the price down; We beat him down to a good price. 殺價 杀价beat it to go away. Beat it, or I'll hit you!; She told her little brother to beat it. 滾開 滚开beat off to succeed in overcoming or preventing. The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily. 擊退 打退beat a (hasty) retreat to go away in a hurry. The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared. 倉惶逃走 仓皇逃走beat up to punch, kick or hit (a person) severely and repeatedly. He beat up an old lady. 痛毆 痛殴off the beaten track away from main roads, centres of population etc. 遠離喧囂 离开熟路，远离喧嚣