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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...
  • This did not include punishment beatings by paramilitaries.
  • Disobedience led to punishment, including beatings, imprisonment, blackmail, and death threats.
  • Many of the so called punishment beatings issued are more commonly found to be retribution for engaging in trade on another persons patch.

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....
  • Even the ones who threatened a wobbly lower lip and adulterous quick beating of the heart proved to be a thorough anti-climax.
  • ‘I'm so tired,’ she murmured, listening to the faint, steady beating of his 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....
  • Chrysler, like Ford and GM, has taken a beating from Asian competitors thanks in part to a dated line-up of cars.

Synonyms

defeat, loss, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, overthrow, downfall
informal licking, thrashing, clobbering

Phrases

take a beating

take some (or a lot of) beating

Rhymes

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