| 单词 | flog |
| 释义 | flog (once / 1229 pages) v To flog is to beat or hit, especially with a tool like a stick or rod. A cruel trainer might flog an unruly horse with a whip. When you flog someone, you beat them as a way of punishing or controlling them. In the old days, teachers were allowed to flog misbehaving students, and it wasn't uncommon for parents to flog their children as punishment. In fact, the word flog first appeared as school slang in the late 1600s — it's thought to be a shortened form of the Latin word flagellare, "flagellate," or "whip." WORD FAMILYflog: flogged, flogger, flogging, flogs+/flogger: floggers/flogging: floggings USAGE EXAMPLESSimilarly, Rapper Tyler, the Creator, started his own festival, Camp Flog Naw, five years ago. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) "They've been flogged around, but that's not the most difficult pitch to bat on," said former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) Though IS threatened flogging and even death as punishments for absenteeism, students and teachers alike stayed away from the university, according to Mosul Eye. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1v beat severely with a whip or rod The teacher often flogged the students Syn|Hypo|Hyper lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip flagellate, scourge whip leatherwhip with a leather strap horsewhipwhip with a whip intended for horses switchflog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhideflog with a cowhide catbeat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birchwhip with a birch twig beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression 2v beat with a cane Syn|Hyper cane, lambast, lambaste beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression |
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