单词 | beating |
释义 | beating/ˈbiːtɪŋ /noun 1A punishment or assault in which the victim is hit repeatedly: if he got dirt on his clothes he’d get a beating [mass noun]: torture methods included beating...
Synonyms battering, thrashing, thumping, pounding, pummelling, drubbing, slapping, smacking, hammering, hitting, striking, punching, knocking, thwacking, cuffing, buffeting, boxing, mauling, pelting, lambasting; assault, attack; flaying, whipping, lashing, cudgelling, clubbing, birching; corporal punishment, chastisement informal beating-up, duffing-up, doing-over, belting, bashing, pasting, walloping, whacking, clobbering, slugging, tanning, biffing, bopping, hiding 2 [mass noun] Pulsation or throbbing, typically of the heart.I was still kneeling, perfectly still, hypnotized by the very alive beating of a heart....
Synonyms pulsation, pulsating, pulse, pulsing, palpitating, throb, reverberation, reverberating; pumping, pounding, thumping, thudding, hammering, drumming; pitter-patter, pit-a-pat 3A defeat in a competitive situation.It was indeed a battle for the fittest and reputations did take a severe beating once the competitions gained momentum....
Synonyms defeat, loss, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, overthrow, downfall informal licking, thrashing, clobbering Phrasestake a beating take some (or a lot of) beating Rhymes |
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