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单词 drub
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Definition of drub in English:

drub

verbdrubbed, drubbing, drubs drʌbdrəb
[with object]
  • 1Hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.

    he was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With each flash a great jolt drubbed me till I thought my bones would break.
    Synonyms
    hit, strike, knock, thump, thwack, jab, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt
    1. 1.1informal Defeat thoroughly in a match or contest.
      the Cleveland Indians drubbed Baltimore 9–0
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 1999, Crowley repeated the feat, this time drubbing Collins.
      • The World Champion became only the fifth man to hold UK and World Championships in the same year as he drubbed Ken Doherty 10-1 in the final at the Barbican Centre.
      • But no-one really understood that Mauger was the missing ingredient until he returned to the side that drubbed the Springboks 52-16 in the opening Tri-Nations match.
      • Ben Franklin drubs Thomas Jefferson in the race to be our nation's foremost Renaissance man.
      • Kandia's young reserves managed half that tally, drubbing their Empire opponents 5-1.
      • Halladay implied some criticism of his game-calling after the Orioles drubbed him last Friday.
      • Terrell had climbed the ladder thanks to a three-way shoot-out victory over Australia's Maxine Nable and Robin Crawford, but Kulick drubbed her, 256-185, to advance to the final.
      • He was drubbed defensively, allowing six points by Denver's Kenyon Martin in the first four minutes.
      • But on the other hand, it isn't good entertainment to see the same side getting drubbed again and again and again.

Origin

Early 17th century: probably from Arabic ḍaraba 'to beat, bastinado'. The first recorded uses in English are by travellers in the Near East referring specifically to the punishment of bastinado.

Rhymes

blub, bub, chub, Chubb, club, cub, dub, flub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, slub, snub, stub, sub, tub
 
 

Definition of drub in US English:

drub

verbdrəbdrəb
[with object]
  • 1Hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With each flash a great jolt drubbed me till I thought my bones would break.
    Synonyms
    hit, strike, knock, thump, thwack, jab, cuff, clip, smash, slam, welt
    1. 1.1informal Defeat thoroughly in a match or contest.
      Cleveland drubbed Baltimore 9–0
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The World Champion became only the fifth man to hold UK and World Championships in the same year as he drubbed Ken Doherty 10-1 in the final at the Barbican Centre.
      • But no-one really understood that Mauger was the missing ingredient until he returned to the side that drubbed the Springboks 52-16 in the opening Tri-Nations match.
      • Terrell had climbed the ladder thanks to a three-way shoot-out victory over Australia's Maxine Nable and Robin Crawford, but Kulick drubbed her, 256-185, to advance to the final.
      • But on the other hand, it isn't good entertainment to see the same side getting drubbed again and again and again.
      • In 1999, Crowley repeated the feat, this time drubbing Collins.
      • Halladay implied some criticism of his game-calling after the Orioles drubbed him last Friday.
      • Kandia's young reserves managed half that tally, drubbing their Empire opponents 5-1.
      • He was drubbed defensively, allowing six points by Denver's Kenyon Martin in the first four minutes.
      • Ben Franklin drubs Thomas Jefferson in the race to be our nation's foremost Renaissance man.

Origin

Early 17th century: probably from Arabic ḍaraba ‘to beat, bastinado’. The first recorded uses in English are by travelers in the Near East referring specifically to the punishment of bastinado.

 
 
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